If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more.
HARRIET TUBMANI 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 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 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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We saw the lightning and that was the guns and then we heard the thunder and that was the big guns; and then we heard the rain falling and that was the blood falling; and when we came to get in the crops, it was dead men that we reaped.
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I am at peace with God and all mankind.
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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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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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I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
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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 was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can’t say; I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.
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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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I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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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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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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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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