"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…"

"Oh, Lord! You've been wid me in six troubles, don't desert me in the seventh!"

"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."

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