Harriet Tubman on Freedom
1822–1913 United States
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I had reasoned dis 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 de oder; for no man should take me alive; I should fight for my liberty as long as my strength lasted, and when de time came for me to go, de Lord would let dem take me.
Harriet, The Moses of Her People (1886)
Children, if you are tired, keep going; if you are hungry, keep going; if you want to taste freedom, keep going.
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I freed thousands of slaves. I could have freed thousands more, if they had known they were slaves.
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