"I prayed all night long for my master. Till the first of March; and all the time he was bringing people to look at me…"

"I can't die but once."

"I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say — I nev…"

"I looked at my hands, to see if I was de same person now I was free. Dere was such a glory over everything, de sun ca…"

"I knew of a man who was sent to the State Prison for twenty-five years. All these years he was always thinking of his…"

"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 ha…"

"I freed thousands of slaves. I could have freed thousands more, if they had known they were slaves."

"Children, if you are tired, keep going; if you are hungry, keep going; if you want to taste freedom, keep going."

"I love all of the african americans like they are my children."

"Numerous American heroes-such as Harriet Tubman, Nat Turner, and Henry David Thoreau-led rebellious acts to reconcile…"