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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.
Vincent Ostrom

Born: September 25, 1919
Died: June 29, 2012 (aged 92)
Bio: Vincent Alfred Ostrom was an American political economist and the Founding Director of the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, based at Indiana University and the Arthur F. Bentley Professor Emeritus of Political Science.
Known for:
- The political theory of a compound republic (1971)