Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.
HARRIET TUBMANI had crossed the line. I was free; but, there was no one there to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.
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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
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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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Never wound a snake; kill it.
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I had crossed the line. I was free; but, there was no one there to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.
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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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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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You’ll be free or die!
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Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
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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 would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.
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I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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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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I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
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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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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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