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.
HARRIET TUBMANI was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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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 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.
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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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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 was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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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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Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.
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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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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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If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more.
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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.
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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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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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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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