Harriet Tubman — "I think slavery is the next thing to hell."

"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…"

"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 freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if they had known they were slaves."

"I'd rather die than be a slave."

"I prayed to God to make me strong and able to fight, and that's what I've always prayed for ever since. I've had a right to fight for my liberty, and I never did give up."