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.
HARRIET TUBMANI have heard their groans and sighs, and seen their tears, and I would give every drop of blood in my veins to free them.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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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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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 grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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I had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang – one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
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I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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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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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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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 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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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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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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Slavery is the next thing to hell.
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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 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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Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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