Underground

Harriet Tubman reflects on a life lived with conviction, compassion, and courage.

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And the look of it.

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under the conditions of slavery.

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No word 'bout what I done wrong.

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And then I thought, again,

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I move real slow.

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And I took pride in that.

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from a catcher on the outskirts of a Kentucky farm.

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They told me it struck me in my head.

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What my scar look like to you?

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John Tubman.

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'cause of the guilt weighin' my soul.

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That was my first mistake.

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I seen a wildfire once when I was younger.

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protectin' me from danger.

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Oh, I prayed then.

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He'd say something like...

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Ain't no massa with an open hand to rob me of it.

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and the chill got most huddled by the fire inside they homes.

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And when the time come for me to go,

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and make all the trouble I could.

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The North wasn't safe no more.

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I'm always in a wilderness sort of place, with...

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Then, out of nowhere,

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of a race that was not his own.

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The Captain spoke

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The more he said the word to me, the more sense it made.

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It's the most blasphemous of frauds.

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That's the way of the slaveholder.

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made of the cotton that done bloodied the hands

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Tough, but not impossible.

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Neither are my parents, livin' with me now,

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then you livin' in a dream,

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