Tag: Harriet Tubman
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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.
Harriet Tubman
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I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything. The sun came up like gold through the trees, and I felt like I was in heaven.
Harriet Tubman
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I had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang – one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
Harriet Tubman
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I said to de Lord, ‘I’m goin’ to hold steady on to you, an’ I know you’ll see me through.’
Harriet Tubman
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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.
Harriet Tubman
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I’ve heard ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ read, and I tell you Mrs. Stowe’s pen hasn’t begun to paint what slavery is as I have seen it at the far South. I’ve seen de real thing, and I don’t want to see it on no stage or in no theater.
Harriet Tubman
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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
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Never wound a snake; kill it.
Harriet Tubman
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‘Pears like I prayed all the time, ’bout my work, everywhere, I prayed an’ groaned to the Lord.
Harriet Tubman
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I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
Harriet Tubman