Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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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Slavery is the next thing to hell.
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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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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 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 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 can’t die but once.
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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 started with this idea in my head, “There’s two things I’ve got a right to, death or liberty.
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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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The good Lord has come down to deliver my people, and I must go and help him.
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Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.
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Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
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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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Never wound a snake; kill it.
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You’ll be free or die!
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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 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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We out.
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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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I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
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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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It wasn’t me, it was 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,’ and He always did.
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I link dar’s many a slaveholder’ll git to Heaven. Dey don’t know no better. Dey acts up to de light dey hab.
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