I started with this idea in my head, “There’s two things I’ve got a right to, death or liberty.
HARRIET TUBMANTwasn’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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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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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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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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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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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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Never wound a snake; kill it.
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Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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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 never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
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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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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
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Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.
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Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
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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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