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.
HARRIET TUBMANForever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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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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I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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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 freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
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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 grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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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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I link dar’s many a slaveholder’ll git to Heaven. Dey don’t know no better. Dey acts up to de light dey hab.
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Oh, Lord! You’ve been with me in six troubles, don’t desert me in the seventh!
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The 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.
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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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Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
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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.
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Pears like my heart go flutter, flutter, and then they may say, ‘Peace, Peace,’ as much as they likes – I know it’s goin’ to be war!
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