Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
HARRIET TUBMANNever wound a snake; kill it.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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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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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 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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Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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I think slavery is the next thing to hell. If a person would send another into bondage, he would, it appears to me, be bad enough to send him into hell if he could.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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I am at peace with God and all mankind.
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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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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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