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!
HARRIET TUBMANIt 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.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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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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The good Lord has come down to deliver my people, and I must go and help him.
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Slavery is the next thing to hell.
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Read my letter to the old folks, and give my love to them, and tell my brothers to be always watching unto prayer, and when the good old ship of Zion comes along, to be ready to step aboard.
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Now I’ve been free, I know what a dreadful condition slavery is. I have seen hundreds of escaped slaves, but I never saw one who was willing to go back and be a slave.
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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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You’ll be free or die!
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I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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Twasn’t me, ’twas 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,’ an’ He always did.
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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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Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
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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 had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang – one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
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Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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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 hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there’s shouting after you, keep going. Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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I can’t die but once.
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Never wound a snake; kill it.
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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 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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I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
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When I found I had crossed that line, I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything.
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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 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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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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