I am at peace with God and all mankind.
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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Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
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Slavery is the next thing to hell.
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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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Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.
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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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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 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 started with this idea in my head, “There’s two things I’ve got a right to, death or liberty.
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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 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 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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I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
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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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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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I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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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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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.
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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 knew of a man who was sent to the State Prison for twenty-five years. All these years he was always thinking of his home, and counting by years, months, and days, the time till he should be free, and see his family and friends once more.
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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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Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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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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We out.
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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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Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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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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