I Am Harriet Tubman Quotes

“He struck her so hard he broke her ribs and gave her scars for life.”
― Grace Norwich, Harriet Tubman

“Once she had an infected tooth that was getting progressively worse along a trip. Getting help was simply too dangerous, so she knocked out her top row of teeth with the handle of the gun she always carried. Now that’s commitment.”
― Grace Norwich, Harriet Tubman

“There were few comforts to console them during this endless labor. Masters fed their slaves as little as possible, because food cost money. Children usually didn’t have real clothes. Instead, they wore rough, itchy sacks with holes cut out for their heads and arms. Harriet”
― Grace Norwich, Harriet Tubman

“Harriet was put in charge of taking care of her younger brothers and sisters when she was only four years old.”
― Grace Norwich, Harriet Tubman

“(If a slave was caught learning how to read and write, he could have his fingers or toes cut off!)”
― Grace Norwich, Harriet Tubman

“Harriet, a spy, nurse, and leader during the Civil War, fought with everything she had to end slavery in the United States,”
― Grace Norwich, Harriet Tubman

“In December 1850, Harriet learned that her niece Kessiah was again up for sale. (Her owner hadn’t been able to sell her before.)”
― Grace Norwich, Harriet Tubman

“marrying a free man did not mean Harriet became free, too.”
― Grace Norwich, Harriet Tubman

“In 1810, there were over one million slaves in America.”
― Grace Norwich, Harriet Tubman