I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
HARRIET TUBMANWhen 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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We 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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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 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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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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Twasn’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.
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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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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
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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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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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The good Lord has come down to deliver my people, and I must go and help him.
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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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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 can’t die but once.
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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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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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