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 TUBMANThe good Lord has come down to deliver my people, and I must go and help him.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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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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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
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I can’t die but once.
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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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We out.
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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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I started with this idea in my head, “There’s two things I’ve got a right to, death or liberty.
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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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I am at peace with God and all mankind.
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I think slavery is the next thing to hell. If a person would send another into bondage, he would, it appears to me, be bad enough to send him into hell if he could.
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Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
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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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I had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang – one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
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