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.
HARRIET TUBMANI freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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I had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang – one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
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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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Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.
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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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Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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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.
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I am at peace with God and all mankind.
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I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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Never wound a snake; kill it.
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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 started with this idea in my head, “There’s two things I’ve got a right to, death or liberty.
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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 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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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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