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.
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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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 grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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Slavery is the next thing to hell.
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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 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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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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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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I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
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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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Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
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If you are tired, keep going. If you are scared, keep going. If you are hungry, keep going. If you want to taste freedom, keep going.
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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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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.
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