I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
HARRIET TUBMANForever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.
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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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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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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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The good Lord has come down to deliver my people, and I must go and help him.
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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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Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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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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Never wound a snake; kill it.
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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 looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
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Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.
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I can’t die but once.
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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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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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If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more.
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