I said to the Lord, I’m going to hold steady on to you, and I know you will see me through.
HARRIET TUBMANGod’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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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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The good Lord has come down to deliver my people, and I must go and help him.
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Oh, Lord! You’ve been with me in six troubles, don’t desert me in the seventh!
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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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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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Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.
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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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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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If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more.
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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 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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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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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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Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.
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Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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