If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more.
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.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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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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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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Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
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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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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 looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
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You’ll be free or die!
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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 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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Now I’ve been free, I know what a dreadful condition slavery is. I have seen hundreds of escaped slaves, but I never saw one who was willing to go back and be a slave.
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Slavery is the next thing to hell.
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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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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 was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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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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I am at peace with God and all mankind.
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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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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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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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Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of 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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Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.
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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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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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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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