Every great dream begins with a dreamer.

I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say; I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.

Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.

Every great dream begins with a dreamer.

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

I grew up like a neglected weed, ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it. Then I was not happy or contented: every time I saw a white man I was afraid of being carried away.

Pears like I prayed all the time, 'bout my work, everywhere, I prayed an' groaned to the Lord.