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The very time I thought I was lost, my dungeon shook and my chains fell off
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The very time I thought I was lost, my dungeon shook and my chains fell off

James Baldwin writes to his nephew

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Shaun Usher
Aug 02, 2022
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James Baldwin was born on this day in 1924. The following letter can be found in the updated edition of the first Letters of Note book, and on the audiobook read by Colin Salmon.

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