“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…”

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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.

— Harriet Tubman

Abolitionist

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Attributed to: Harriet Tubman
Published in: Whispering Sages: From Their Mouths To Your Ears
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