Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
HARRIET TUBMANNow 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.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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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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The good Lord has come down to deliver my people, and I must go and help him.
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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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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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Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.
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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
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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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Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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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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You’ll be free or die!
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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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Oh, Lord! You’ve been with me in six troubles, don’t desert me in the seventh!
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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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