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 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.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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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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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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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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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 can’t die but once.
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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 I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more.
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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 never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
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I started with this idea in my head, “There’s two things I’ve got a right to, death or liberty.
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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 started with this idea in my head, “There’s two things I’ve got a right to, death or liberty.
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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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