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“I changed my prayer, and I said, ‘Lord, if you ain’t never going to change that man’s heart, kill him, Lord, and take him out of the way, so he won’t do no more mischief.’”

“To toil within a household was to always be on duty, never free from reprisals. Life under the constant and watchful eye of a foul-tempered owner meant never-ending misery. The fields and the woods, alternatively, offered protection from constant monitoring, if nothing else. The outdoors, which she grew to love, became her sanctuary.”

“Born with three strikes against her—Minty [Harriet Tubman] was black, enslaved, and a girl—one day, her people would call her Moses.”