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Harriet Tubman
I had crossed...
I had crossed de line of which I had so long been dreaming. I was free; but dere was no one to welcome me to de land...
I looked at...
I looked at my hands, to see if I was de same person now I was free. Dere was such a glory ober eberything, de sun...
There was one...
There was one of two things I had a right to, liberty, or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other; for...
On my underground...
On my underground railroad I never ran my train off the track. And I never lost a...
I would fight...
I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them...
We saw the...
We saw the lightning and that was the guns and then we heard the thunder and that was the big guns; and then we heard...
I link dar's...
I link dar's many a slaveholder'll git to Heaven. Dey don't know no better. Dey acts up to de light dey...
Yes, John saw...
Yes, John saw de City. Well, what did he see? He saw twelve gates, didn't he? Three of dose gates was on . . . de...
Twan't me, 'twas...
Twan't me, 'twas de Lord! Jes' so long as he wanted to use me, he would take keer of me, an' when he didn't want me no...
Never wound a...
Never wound a snake, kill it.
Source: In The Black Woman's Gumbo Ya-Ya, by Terri L....