I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person now that I was free. There was such a glory over everything.
HT
Harriet TubmanAs told to Sarah Bradford in Harriet, The Moses of Her People (1886), modernized spelling
About Harriet Tubman
Escaped slave who led others to freedom on the Underground Railroad. (c. 1822-1913)
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