I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
HARRIET TUBMANI 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.
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 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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I am at peace with God and all mankind.
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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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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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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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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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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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Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.
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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 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 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 never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
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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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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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