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Richard Wright

“Not only had he lived where they told him to live, not only had he done what they told him to do, not only had he done these things until he had killed to be quit of them ; but even after obeying, after killing, they still ruled him. He was their property, heart and soul, body and blood ; what they did claimed every atom of him, sleeping and waking...”

Richard Wright, Native Son, Full length play, Drama
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Native Son, Full length play, Drama Native Son, Full length play, Drama by Paul Green
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