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.
HARRIET TUBMANForever 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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The good Lord has come down to deliver my people, and I must go and help him.
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Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.
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I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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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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Slavery is the next thing to hell.
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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 looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
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I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
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Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.
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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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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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