I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
HARRIET TUBMANIf 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.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
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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 freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
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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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I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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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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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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You’ll be free or die!
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I can’t die but once.
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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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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 had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang – one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
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I prayed to God to make me strong and able to fight, and that’s what I’ve always prayed for ever since.
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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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Slavery is the next thing to hell.
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