I started with this idea in my head, “There’s two things I’ve got a right to, death or liberty.
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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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
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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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Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.
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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 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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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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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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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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If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more.
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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 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 looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
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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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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 am at peace with God and all mankind.
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