I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
HARRIET TUBMANYou’ll be free or die!
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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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 had crossed the line. I was free; but, there was no one there to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.
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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 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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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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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 can’t die but once.
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We out.
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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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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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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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The good Lord has come down to deliver my people, and I must go and help him.
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You’ll be free or die!
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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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If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more.
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