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Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.

Harriet Tubman

I had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang – one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Always Children Easy Sister
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.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Live Lord People Take Care
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!
HARRIET TUBMAN

Heart Peace War
Never wound a snake; kill it.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Fake Kill Mask Snake Wound
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.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Family Freedom Man Prison Thinking Time
I am at peace with God and all mankind.
HARRIET TUBMAN

God Mankind Peace
You’ll be free or die!
HARRIET TUBMAN

Die Freedom Slave
Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Naked Slave
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.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Condition Escape Freedom Slave
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.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Fight Liberty Lord Strength Time
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 TUBMAN

Always Expectation Lead Lord Trust
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.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Passenger Story
I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Change Person Slave
I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Experience Grow Up Ignorance Liberty Neglect Weed
We out.
HARRIET TUBMAN

One Liner Out
I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Conductor Road Slave

Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.

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