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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.
Voltaire
Born: November 21, 1694
Died: May 30, 1778 (aged 83)
Bio: François-Marie Arouet, famous using his pen name Voltaire, was a French writer, deist and philosopher.
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