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.
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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Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
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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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I can’t die but once.
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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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I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
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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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Oh, Lord! You’ve been with me in six troubles, don’t desert me in the seventh!
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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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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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I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
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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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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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Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.
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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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