We saw the lightning and that was the guns and then we heard the thunder and that was the big guns; and then we heard the rain falling and that was the blood falling; and when we came to get in the crops, it was dead men that we reaped.
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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I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
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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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Never wound a snake; kill it.
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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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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
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Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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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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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 never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
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You’ll be free or die!
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I said to the Lord, I’m going to hold steady on to you, and I know you will see me through.
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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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Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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I am at peace with God and all mankind.
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