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.
HARRIET TUBMANI grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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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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I can’t die but once.
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We out.
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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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If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more.
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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 freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
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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 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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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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The good Lord has come down to deliver my people, and I must go and help him.
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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 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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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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