I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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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If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more.
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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 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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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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Read my letter to the old folks, and give my love to them, and tell my brothers to be always watching unto prayer, and when the good old ship of Zion comes along, to be ready to step aboard.
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Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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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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Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.
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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 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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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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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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Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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Twasn’t me, ’twas 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,’ an’ He always did.
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