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.
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 started with this idea in my head, “There’s two things I’ve got a right to, death or liberty.
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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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We saw the lightning and that was the guns and then we heard the thunder and that was the big guns; and then we heard the rain falling and that was the blood falling; and when we came to get in the crops, it was dead men that we reaped.
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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
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I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can’t say; I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.
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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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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 freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
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Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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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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Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.
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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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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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