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..

I started with this idea in my head, "There's two things I've got a right to, death or liberty.".

I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad..

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 g….

I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person..

Pears like I prayed all the time, 'bout my work, everywhere, I prayed an' groaned to the Lord..

I grew up like a neglected weed, ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it. Then I was not happy or contented: every time I saw a white man I w….

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 the rain falling and that was t….

In my dreams and visions, I seemed to see a line, and on the other side of that line were green fields, and lovely flowers, and beautiful white ladie….

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 of freedom, I was a stranger in ….

I grew up like a neglected weed - ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it..

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 of freedom, I was a stranger in ….

I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything. The sun came up like gold through the trees, and over t….

Twant me, 'twas the Lord. I always told him, 'I trust to you. I don't know where to go or what to do, but I expect you to lead me,' and He always did..

I knew of a man who was sent to the State Prison for twenty-five years. All these years he was always thinking of his home, and counting by years, mo….

I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say; I never ran my train off the track and….

Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked. I am trying to find places for those able to work, and provide for them as b….

Lord, I'm going to hold steady on to You and You've got to see me through..

I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger..

The Lord who told me to take care of my people meant me to do it just as long as I live, and so I did what he told me..

Never wound a snake; kill it..