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 TUBMANTwasn’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.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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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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Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.
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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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I have heard their groans and sighs, and seen their tears, and I would give every drop of blood in my veins to free them.
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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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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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I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
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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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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.
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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 grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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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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We out.
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Never wound a snake; kill it.
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Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
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