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Harriet Tubman

American

1820

Activist

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

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I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.

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Now I've been free, I know what a dreadful condition slavery is. I have seen hundreds of escaped slaves, but I never saw one who was willing to go back and be a slave.

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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 best I can, so as to lighten the burden on the Government as much as possible, while at the same time they learn to respect themselves by earning their own living.

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