Brook’s Reviews > She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman > Status Update

“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.”