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.
HARRIET TUBMANSlavery is the next thing to hell.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
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I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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I started with this idea in my head, “There’s two things I’ve got a right to, death or liberty.
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Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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I had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang – one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
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We out.
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It wasn’t me, it was 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,’ and He always did.
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I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
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If you are tired, keep going. If you are scared, keep going. If you are hungry, keep going. If you want to taste freedom, keep going.
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I knew of a man who was sent to the State Prison for twenty-five years. All these years he was always thinking of his home, and counting by years, months, and days, the time till he should be free, and see his family and friends once more.
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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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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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Slavery is the next thing to hell.
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I can’t die but once.
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In my dreams and visions, I seemed to see a line, and on the other side of that line were green fields, and lovely flowers, and beautiful white ladies, who stretched out their arms to me over the line, but I couldn’t reach them no-how. I always fell before I got to the line.
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