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 TUBMANI think there’s many a slaveholder’ll get to Heaven. They don’t know better. They acts up to the light they have.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
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Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.
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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 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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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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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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Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
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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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Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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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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Never wound a snake; kill it.
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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 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 had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang – one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
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