I had crossed the line. I was free; but, there was no one there to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.
HARRIET TUBMANMost of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.
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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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Oh, Lord! You’ve been with me in six troubles, don’t desert me in the seventh!
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I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
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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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Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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Read 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.
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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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If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more.
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When I found I had crossed that line, I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything.
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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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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 started with this idea in my head, “There’s two things I’ve got a right to, death or liberty.
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I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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