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.
HARRIET TUBMANRead 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.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
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Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
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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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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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Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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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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If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more.
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I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of 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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Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.
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You’ll be free or die!
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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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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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Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.
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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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We out.
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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 had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang – one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
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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 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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Never wound a snake; kill it.
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I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
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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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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 freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
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