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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.

Harriet Tubman

I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Change Person Slave
God’s time is always near. He gave me my strength and he set the North Star in the heavens; He meant I should be free.
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Freedom Giving God Heaven Stars Strength Time
The good Lord has come down to deliver my people, and I must go and help him.
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Deliver Help Lord People Slave
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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Live Lord People Take Care
I can’t die but once.
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Die One Liner Reality
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.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Alive Death Liberty Man Mind Reason Right
Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Freedom Motivational Stop Taste
I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
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Lost Passenger Run Track Train
I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Freedom Slave
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.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Heaven Light Slave
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.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Cross Glory Hand Inspirational Person
I think slavery is the next thing to hell. If a person would send another into bondage, he would, it appears to me, be bad enough to send him into hell if he could.
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Appearance Bad Hell Person Slave
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.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Fight Liberty Lord Strength Time
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.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Passenger Story
We out.
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One Liner Out
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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Blood Dead Fall Gun Light Thunder
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.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Freedom Land Strange Welcome
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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Condition Escape Freedom Slave
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.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Beginning Change Dreamer Dreams Inspirational Passion Patience Remember Stars Strength World
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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Abroad Letter Love Prayer Watch
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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Country Farewell Hard Master Slave
I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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Experience Grow Up Ignorance Liberty Neglect Weed
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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Always Fight God Pray Strong
Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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Enemy Time Vulnerable
Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
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Dreamer Drean Inspirational One Liner
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.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Blood Drop Freedom Slave Tears
I think there’s many a slaveholder’ll get to Heaven. They don’t know better. They acts up to the light they have.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Act Heaven Light Slave

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 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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