I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
HARRIET TUBMANI started with this idea in my head, “There’s two things I’ve got a right to, death or liberty.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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I can’t die but once.
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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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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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Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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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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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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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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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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Slavery is the next thing to hell.
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Never wound a snake; kill it.
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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 had reasoned this out in my mind; there was on of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other; for no man should take me alive.
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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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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.
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