Pears like I prayed all the time, ’bout my work, everywhere, I prayed an’ groaned to the Lord. Harriet Tubman Read Quote
I think there’s many a slaveholder’ll get to Heaven. They don’t know better. They acts up to the light they have. Harriet Tubman Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Read my letter to the old folks, and give my love to them, and tell my brothers to be always watching unto prayer, and when the good old ship of Zion comes along, to be ready to step aboard. Harriet Tubman Read Quote
I had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang – one of them left two children. We were always uneasy. Harriet Tubman Read Quote
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 Read Quote
As I lay so sick on my bed, from Christmas till March, I was always praying for poor ole master. ‘Pears like I didn’t do nothing but pray for ole master. ‘Oh, Lord, convert ole master;’ ‘Oh, dear Lord, change dat man’s heart, and make him a Christian.’ Harriet Tubman Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I never had anything good, no sweet, no sugar; and that sugar, right by me, did look so nice, and my mistress’s back was turned to me while she was fighting with her husband, so I just put my fingers in the sugar bowl to take one lump, and maybe she heard me, for she turned and saw me. The next minute, she had the rawhide down. Harriet Tubman Read Quote
I said to de Lord, ‘I’m goin’ to hold steady on to you, an’ I know you’ll see me through.’ Harriet Tubman Read Quote
