"I never lost courage, though I had many a scare."

"I had a long talk with the Lord, and I told him I was tired of being a slave, and I asked him to set me free."

"I would 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."

"I had rather be a freeman than a slave."

"I was a stranger in a strange land; and my home, after all, was down in Maryland; because my father, my mother, my brothers, and sisters, and friends were there."