I had reasoned this 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 the other; for no man should take me alive; I should fight for my liberty as long as my strength lasted, and when the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.
— Harriet Tubman Modern

Underground Railroad conductor

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Interview with Sarah H. Bradford, 'Harriet, The Moses of Her People'

Date / Period

1886

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/20658/20658-h/20658-h.htm

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