I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
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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.Harriet Tubman
Yes, John saw de City. Well, what did he see He saw twelve gates, didn't he Three of dose gates was on ... de south an' I reckon, if dey kill me down dere, I'll get into one of dem gates, don't you.
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Forever Free Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation.
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I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was two things I had a right to, liberty and death. If I could not have one, I would have the other, for no man should take me alive.
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I looked at my hands, to see if I was the same person now that I was free. There was such a glory over everything the sun came like gold through the trees, and over de fields, and I felt like I was in heaven.
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I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.
Harriet Tubman
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