“God’s time is always near. He set the North Star in the heavens. He gave me the strength in my limbs. He meant I should be free. … I said to the Lord, I’m going to hold steady on to you, and I know you will see me through. … I ask of my Heavenly Father, that when the last trump sounds and my name is called, I may stand close by your side, and answer the call.“
– Harriet Tubman, abolitionist and Underground Railway facilitator, 1860s.
