"Friend, I haven't a dollar in the world; but if thee knows a fugitive who needs a breakfast send him to me."
— Thomas Garrett

January 1, 1970

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Judge — thee hasn't left me a dollar, but I wish to say to thee, and to all in this court room, that if anyone knows of a fugitive who wants a shelter, and a friend, send him to Thomas Garrett, and he will befriend him! — As quoted in Harriet, the Moses of Her People (1886) by Sarah Hopkins Bradford, p. 54