Farewell, ole Maser, don’t think hard of me, I’m going on to Canada, where all the slaves are free.
HARRIET TUBMANThe good Lord has come down to deliver my people, and I must go and help him.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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Slavery is the next thing to hell.
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We saw the lightning and that was the guns and then we heard the thunder and that was the big guns; and then we heard the rain falling and that was the blood falling; and when we came to get in the crops, it was dead men that we reaped.
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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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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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I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
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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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We out.
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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 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 looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
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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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Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.
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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.
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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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