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 came like gold trou de trees, and … - Harriet Tubman

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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 came like gold trou de trees, and over de fields, and I felt like I was in heaven.

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About Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman (c. March 1822 – 10 March 1913), also known as Moses, was an African-American abolitionist.

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Birth Name: Araminta Ross
Also Known As: Moses of her people Moses
Alternative Names: Harriet Ross Tubman Minty Ross Araminta Ross Broadus Harriet Tubman Davis Araminta Harriet Ross Black Moses Garriet Tabman
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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, and trying to sell me. I changed my prayer. First of March I began to pray, 'Oh Lord, if you ain't never going to change that man's heart, kill him, Lord, and take him out of the way'.

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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 have one, I would have de oder; for no man should take me alive; I should fight for my liberty as long as my strength lasted, and when de time came for me to go, de Lord would let dem take me.

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