I prayed to God to make me strong and able to fight, and that’s what I’ve always prayed for ever since.
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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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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Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.
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I can’t die but once.
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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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You’ll be free or die!
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Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.
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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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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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We out.
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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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I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.
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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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Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
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When I found I had crossed that line, I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything.
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