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.
HARRIET TUBMANI said to the Lord, I’m going to hold steady on to you, and I know you will see me through.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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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 have heard their groans and sighs, and seen their tears, and I would give every drop of blood in my veins to free them.
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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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I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
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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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Oh, Lord! You’ve been with me in six troubles, don’t desert me in the seventh!
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We out.
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I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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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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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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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
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I had reasoned this out in my mind; there was on of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other; for no man should take me alive.
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Slavery is the next thing to hell.
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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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