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Most of the slaves, who were thus unconditionally freed, returned without any solicitation to their former masters, to serve them, at stated wages; as free men. The work, which they now did, was found to better done than before.
Robert Toombs
Born: July 2, 1810
Died: December 15, 1885 (aged 75)
Bio: Robert Augustus Toombs was an American politician who was a founding father of the Confederacy and its first Secretary of State.