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 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.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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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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In my dreams and visions, I seemed to see a line, and on the other side of that line were green fields, and lovely flowers, and beautiful white ladies, who stretched out their arms to me over the line, but I couldn’t reach them no-how. I always fell before I got to the line.
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Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
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I link dar’s many a slaveholder’ll git to Heaven. Dey don’t know no better. Dey acts up to de light dey hab.
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Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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Never wound a snake; kill it.
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If you are tired, keep going. If you are scared, keep going. If you are hungry, keep going. If you want to taste freedom, keep going.
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I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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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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I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
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Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.
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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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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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Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
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