Why, der language down dar in de far South is jus' as different from ours in Maryland, as you can think. Dey laughed when dey heard me talk, an' I could not understand 'dem, no how. — Harriet Tubman Copy Share Image
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… — Harriet Tubman Copy Share Image
Why, der language down dar in de far South is jus' as different from ours in Maryland, as you can think. Dey laughed when… — Harriet Tubman Copy Share Image
I had crossed de line of which I had so long been dreaming. I was free; but dere was no one to welcome me… — Harriet Tubman Copy Share Image
If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more. — Harriet Tubman Copy Share Image
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… — Harriet Tubman Copy Share Image
“There was one of two things I had a right to: liberty or death. If I could not have one, I would take the… — Harriet Tubman Copy Share Image
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… — Harriet Tubman Copy Share Image
One person can make a difference. Gender, race not sexual Orientation need not matter. Everyone has the power to nourish their future for themselves… — Harriet Tubman Copy Share Image
We saw the lightning and that was the guns and then we heard the thunder and that was the big guns; and then we… — Harriet Tubman Copy Share Image
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.… — Harriet Tubman Copy Share Image
Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy. — Harriet Tubman Copy Share Image
