I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
HARRIET TUBMANIf 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.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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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 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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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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Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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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 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 freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
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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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I had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang – one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
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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 looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
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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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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 was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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You’ll be free or die!
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