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.
HARRIET TUBMANThe 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.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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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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I am at peace with God and all mankind.
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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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Now 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.
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Slavery is the next thing to hell.
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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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Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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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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I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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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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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 good Lord has come down to deliver my people, and I must go and help him.
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