I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
HARRIET TUBMANI 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.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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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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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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Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
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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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Farewell, ole Maser, don’t think hard of me, I’m going on to Canada, where all the slaves are free.
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Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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Read my letter to the old folks, and give my love to them, and tell my brothers to be always watching unto prayer, and when the good old ship of Zion comes along, to be ready to step aboard.
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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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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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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 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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I can’t die but once.
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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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I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
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