I had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang – one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
HARRIET TUBMANI grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
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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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Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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I can’t die but once.
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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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Slavery is the next thing to hell.
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Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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When 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.
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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 said to the Lord, I’m going to hold steady on to you, and I know you will see me through.
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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 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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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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