Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
HARRIET TUBMANRead my letter to the old folks, and give my love to them, and tell my brothers to be always watching unto prayer, and when the good old ship of Zion comes along, to be ready to step aboard.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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The Lord who told me to take care of my people meant me to do it just as long as I live, and so I did what he told me.
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I said to the Lord, I’m going to hold steady on to you, and I know you will see me through.
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If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there’s shouting after you, keep going. Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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Twasn’t me, ’twas the Lord! I always told Him, ‘I trust to you. I don’t know where to go or what to do, but I expect You to lead me,’ an’ He always did.
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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
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I link dar’s many a slaveholder’ll git to Heaven. Dey don’t know no better. Dey acts up to de light dey hab.
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Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
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I have heard their groans and sighs, and seen their tears, and I would give every drop of blood in my veins to free them.
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I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.
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I think slavery is the next thing to hell. If a person would send another into bondage, he would, it appears to me, be bad enough to send him into hell if he could.
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Now I’ve been free, I know what a dreadful condition slavery is. I have seen hundreds of escaped slaves, but I never saw one who was willing to go back and be a slave.
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God’s time is always near. He gave me my strength and he set the North Star in the heavens; He meant I should be free.
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We out.
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I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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