"Every time I saw a white man, I was afraid of being carried away."

"If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there's shouting after you, keep going. Don't ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going."

"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."

"If my services do not place woman as man's equal, what do?"

"I had great faith in God, and I told him I wouldn't stop till I got to Canada."