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.
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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If you are tired, keep going. If you are scared, keep going. If you are hungry, keep going. If you want to taste freedom, keep going.
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I can’t die but once.
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If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more.
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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 think there’s many a slaveholder’ll get to Heaven. They don’t know better. They acts up to the light they have.
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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 freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
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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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Slavery is the next thing to hell.
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Twasn’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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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
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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 have heard their groans and sighs, and seen their tears, and I would give every drop of blood in my veins to free them.
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Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.
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