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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!

Harriet Tubman

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.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Freedom Land Strange Welcome
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.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Live Lord People Take Care
I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Experience Grow Up Ignorance Liberty Neglect Weed
I can’t die but once.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Die One Liner Reality
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.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Freedom Hungry Inspirational Scare Taste Tired
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.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Arms Dreams Field Green Lady Love Stretch Vision
Slavery is the next thing to hell.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Deep Hell One Liner Slavery
I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Change Person Slave
I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Conductor Road Slave
Oh, Lord! You’ve been with me in six troubles, don’t desert me in the seventh!
HARRIET TUBMAN

Desert Lord Trouble
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.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Blood Drop Freedom Slave Tears
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.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Condition Escape Freedom Slave
Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Color Friendship Goodness Time Trust
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.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Heaven Light Slave
I had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang – one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
HARRIET TUBMAN

Always Children Easy Sister
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.
HARRIET TUBMAN

God Lord Trust

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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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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