If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more.
HARRIET TUBMANI had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang – one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
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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Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.
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I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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We out.
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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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Never wound a snake; kill it.
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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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I think there’s many a slaveholder’ll get to Heaven. They don’t know better. They acts up to the light they have.
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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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Pears like my heart go flutter, flutter, and then they may say, ‘Peace, Peace,’ as much as they likes – I know it’s goin’ to be war!
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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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The good Lord has come down to deliver my people, and I must go and help him.
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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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Oh, Lord! You’ve been with me in six troubles, don’t desert me in the seventh!
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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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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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Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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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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In my dreams and visions, I seemed to see a line, and on the other side of that line were green fields, and lovely flowers, and beautiful white ladies, who stretched out their arms to me over the line, but I couldn’t reach them no-how. I always fell before I got to the line.
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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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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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You’ll be free or die!
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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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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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