QuoteQuest“I had reasoned dis 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 de oder; for no man should take me alive; I should fight for my liberty as long as my strength lasted, and when de time came for me to go, de Lord would let dem take me.”
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Source
- Title
- Wikiquote: Harriet Tubman
- Type
- reference · Secondary source
- Held by
- Wikiquote
Context
Modernized rendition: 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 my liberty as long as my strength lasted, and when the time came for me to g
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Tubman, Harriet. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Harriet Tubman. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman
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