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When I left the house of bondage I left everything behind. I wanted to keep nothing of Egypt on me, and so I went to the Lord and asked him to give me a new name.

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Christ came from God and a woman. Man had nothing to do with him.
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Born God Man Religious Woman
If my cup won’t hold but a pint and yourn holds a quart, wouldn’t ye be mean not to let me have my little half-measure full?
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Alcohol Drink Hold Myself
Then I will speak upon the ashes.
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Ash Myself One Liner Talk
It is hard for the old slave holding spirit to die. But die it must.
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Death Hold Slave Spirit
Christ came from God and a woman. Man had nothing to do with him.
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Born God Man Religious Woman
I am above eighty years old … I suppose I am about the only colored woman that goes about to speak for the rights of the colored women. I want to keep the thing stirring, now that the ice is cracked.
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Age Myself Right Talk Woman
Where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter.
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Advice Racket
The rich rob the poor and the poor rob one another.
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Oneself Poor Rich Rob
I am glad to see that men are getting their rights, but I want women to get theirs, and while the water is stirring, I will step into the pool.
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Happiness Man Myself Right Water Woman
I am for keeping the thing going while things are stirring. Because if we wait till it is still, it will take a great while to get it going again.
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Greatness Myself Truth Wait
This is beautiful indeed; the colored people have given this to the head of the government, and that government once sanctioned laws that would not permit its people to learn enough to enable them to read this book.
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Beautiful Book Enough Government Law Learning People Reading
I don’t read such small stuff as letters, I read men and nations. I can see through a millstone, though I can’t see through a spelling-book. What a narrow idea a reading qualification is for a voter!
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Ideas Myself Nation Reading See Vote
We do as much, we eat as much, we want as much.
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Eat Equality Man Woman Work
When I left the house of bondage I left everything behind. I wanted to keep nothing of Egypt on me, and so I went to the Lord and asked him to give me a new name.
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End God Home Leaving Myself
If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them.
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Alone Enough God Right Strong Woman World
It is the mind that makes the body.
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Body Mindset One Liner Positive Power

When I left the house of bondage I left everything behind. I wanted to keep nothing of Egypt on me, and so I went to the Lord and asked him to give me a new name.

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When I left the house of bondage I left everything behind. I wanted to keep nothing of Egypt on me, and so I went to the Lord and asked him to give me a new name.

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