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.
HARRIET TUBMANMost of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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The good Lord has come down to deliver my people, and I must go and help him.
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Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
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You’ll be free or die!
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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 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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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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I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
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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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Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.
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I can’t die but once.
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Never wound a snake; kill it.
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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 am at peace with God and all mankind.
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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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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
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