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.
HARRIET TUBMANEvery 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.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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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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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 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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I knew of a man who was sent to the State Prison for twenty-five years. All these years he was always thinking of his home, and counting by years, months, and days, the time till he should be free, and see his family and friends once more.
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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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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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The good Lord has come down to deliver my people, and I must go and help him.
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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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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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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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God’s time is always near. He gave me my strength and he set the North Star in the heavens; He meant I should be free.
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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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