I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
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.
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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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Slavery is the next thing to hell.
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Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
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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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Oh, Lord! You’ve been with me in six troubles, don’t desert me in the seventh!
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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 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 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 was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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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 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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Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.
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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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