I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.
HARRIET TUBMANI never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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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 freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
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Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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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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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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I had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang – one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
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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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I can’t die but once.
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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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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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If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more.
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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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Oh, Lord! You’ve been with me in six troubles, don’t desert me in the seventh!
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