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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.
Tillie Olsen

Born: January 14, 1912
Died: January 1, 2007 (aged 94)
Bio: Tillie Lerner Olsen was an American writer associated with the political turmoil of the 1930s and the first generation of American feminists.
Known for:
- Yonnondio: From the Thirties (1974)
- Silences (1978)
- The Riddle of Life And Death
- Mothers & daughters (1987)