Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
HARRIET TUBMANWe 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 prayed to God to make me strong and able to fight, and that’s what I’ve always prayed for ever since.
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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 looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
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Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.
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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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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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You’ll be free or die!
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We out.
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I think there’s many a slaveholder’ll get to Heaven. They don’t know better. They acts up to the light they have.
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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
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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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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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Oh, Lord! You’ve been with me in six troubles, don’t desert me in the seventh!
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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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Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
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