If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more.
HARRIET TUBMANWhen 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.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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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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I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
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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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Farewell, ole Maser, don’t think hard of me, I’m going on to Canada, where all the slaves are free.
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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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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
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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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We out.
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Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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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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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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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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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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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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