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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.

Harriet Tubman

I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Experience Grow Up Ignorance Liberty Neglect Weed
I had reasoned this out in my mind; there was on of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other; for no man should take me alive.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Alive Death Liberty Man Mind Reason Right
I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Freedom Slave
The good Lord has come down to deliver my people, and I must go and help him.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Deliver Help Lord People Slave
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.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Live Lord People Take Care
Slavery is the next thing to hell.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Deep Hell One Liner Slavery
I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Change Person Slave
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.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Condition Escape Freedom Slave
I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can’t say; I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Passenger Story
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.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Cross Glory Hand Inspirational Person
Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Dreamer Drean Inspirational One Liner
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.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Abroad Letter Love Prayer Watch
I said to the Lord, I’m going to hold steady on to you, and I know you will see me through.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Lord See Steady
Pears like my heart go flutter, flutter, and then they may say, ‘Peace, Peace,’ as much as they likes – I know it’s goin’ to be war!
HARRIET TUBMAN

Heart Peace War
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.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Family Freedom Man Prison Thinking Time
Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Naked Slave

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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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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