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.
HARRIET TUBMANNever wound a snake; kill it.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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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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Slavery is the next thing to hell.
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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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I had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang – one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
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I think slavery is the next thing to hell. If a person would send another into bondage, he would, it appears to me, be bad enough to send him into hell if he could.
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I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
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Farewell, ole Maser, don’t think hard of me, I’m going on to Canada, where all the slaves are free.
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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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Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.
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I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
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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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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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If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more.
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We out.
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