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 TUBMANOh, Lord! You’ve been with me in six troubles, don’t desert me in the seventh!
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.
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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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I 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.
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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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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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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!
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We out.
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It wasn’t me, it was 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,’ and He always did.
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I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
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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 had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang – one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
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I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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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 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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Oh, Lord! You’ve been with me in six troubles, don’t desert me in the seventh!
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