Quotes by Harriet Tubman (In Honor of Her Birth Month and Women's History Month)

“Oh Lord, convert master! Oh Lord, change dat man's heart!' …Oh Lord, if you ant nebber gwine to change dat man's heart, kill him, Lord, an' take him out ob de way.” - - Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman by Sarah H. Bradford (1869)

[same quote with less dialect]
“Oh Lord, convert master! Oh Lord, change dat man's heart!' …Oh Lord, if you aint never gon’ to change dat man's heart, kill him, Lord, an' take him out of the way.”

“I freed thousands of slaves. I could have freed thousands more if they had known they were slaves.”

“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.”

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

“I grew up like a neglected weed, ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it. Now that I've been free, I know what dreadful condition slavery is.”

“I never ran my train off the track. And I never lost a passenger.”

Quote of the Week: Harriet Tubman's "Keep Going"

Hillary Clinton got it wrong. Here is the quote that has long been attributed to Harriet Tubman:

"...If you are tired, keep going;
If you are scared, keep going;
If you are hungry, keep going;
If you want to taste freedom, keep going."

Quote of the Week: Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman has deeply moved me since I was a little girl. I have been at her feet all my life. In these entries, I'd like to share with you aspects of Harriet that many people are not aware of. Here's one of my favorite quotes, for starters:

"Oh Lord, convert master!" "Oh Lord, change dat man's heart!" ..."Oh Lord, if you ant nebber gwine to change dat man's heart, kill him, Lord, an' take him out ob de way.”
~ Araminta Harriet Ross Tubman-Davis (aka Harriet Tubman), from "Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman" by Sarah H. Bradford (1869)