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.
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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Slavery is the next thing to hell.
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I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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I am at peace with God and all mankind.
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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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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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Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.
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Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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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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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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I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
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I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
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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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In my dreams and visions, I seemed to see a line, and on the other side of that line were green fields, and lovely flowers, and beautiful white ladies, who stretched out their arms to me over the line, but I couldn’t reach them no-how. I always fell before I got to the line.
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You’ll be free or die!
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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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Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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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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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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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 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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If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more.
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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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We out.
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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
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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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