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 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 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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Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.
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I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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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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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
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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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Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
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I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
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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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Oh, Lord! You’ve been with me in six troubles, don’t desert me in the seventh!
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We saw the lightning and that was the guns and then we heard the thunder and that was the big guns; and then we heard the rain falling and that was the blood falling; and when we came to get in the crops, it was dead men that we reaped.
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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 think there’s many a slaveholder’ll get to Heaven. They don’t know better. They acts up to the light they have.
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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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