I had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang – one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
HARRIET TUBMANMarcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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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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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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Never wound a snake; kill it.
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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 am at peace with God and all mankind.
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You’ll be free or die!
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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
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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 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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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.
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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 looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
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I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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We out.
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I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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