I started with this idea in my head, “There’s two things I’ve got a right to, death or liberty.
HARRIET TUBMANI was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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You’ll be free or die!
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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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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 had reasoned this out in my mind; there was on of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other; for no man should take me alive.
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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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We out.
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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 was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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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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I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
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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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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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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 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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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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