I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. by Harriet Tubman

I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.

Harriet Tubman

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If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there's shouting after you, keep going. Don't ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of 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.

women eight years

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. by Harriet Tubman

Every great dream begins with a dreamer.

passion dream inspiring

I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.

freedom two death

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.

care long people

I had crossed de line of which I had so long been dreaming. I was free; but dere was no one to welcome me to de land of freedom, I was a stranger in a strange land, and my home after all

land dream home

Lord, I'm going to hold steady on to You and You've got to see me... by Harriet Tubman

Lord, I'm going to hold steady on to You and You've got to see me through.

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 over the fields, and I felt like I was in heaven.

freedom tree hands

Never wound a snake; kill it. by Harriet Tubman

Never wound a snake; kill it.

snakes african-american political

Twant me, 'twas 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.

leading-me lord knows

I had crossed de line of which I had so long been dreaming. I was free; but dere was no one to welcome me to de land of freedom, I was a stranger in a strange land.

slavery freedom land

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.

flower dream beautiful

I started with this idea in my head, "There's two things I've got... by Harriet Tubman

I started with this idea in my head, "There's two things I've got a right to, death or liberty."

liberty two ideas

Slavery is the next thing to hell. by Harriet Tubman

Slavery is the next thing to hell.

slavery hell next

I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger. by Harriet Tubman

I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.

railroads track lost

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.

fighting strength long

I grew up like a neglected weed, ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it. Then I was not happy or contented: every time I saw a white man I was afraid of being carried away.

white-man weed men

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.

Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked. I am trying to find places for those able to work, and provide for them as best I can, so as to lighten the burden

naked government trying

Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends a... by Harriet Tubman

Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.