If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more.
HARRIET TUBMANQuakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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I can’t die but once.
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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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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
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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 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 started with this idea in my head, “There’s two things I’ve got a right to, death or liberty.
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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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Never wound a snake; kill it.
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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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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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Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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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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You’ll be free or die!
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Slavery is the next thing to hell.
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