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.
HARRIET TUBMANPears 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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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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Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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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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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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Slavery is the next thing to hell.
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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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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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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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I knew of a man who was sent to the State Prison for twenty-five years. All these years he was always thinking of his home, and counting by years, months, and days, the time till he should be free, and see his family and friends once more.
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Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
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I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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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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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 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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