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 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 never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
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Never wound a snake; kill it.
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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 was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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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 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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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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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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You’ll be free or die!
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Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.
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Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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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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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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I can’t die but once.
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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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