"I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land."

"I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person now that I was free. There was such a glory over everything. The sun came up like gold through the trees, and over the fields, and I felt like I wa…"

"I prayed to God to make me strong and able to fight, and that's what I've always prayed for ever since."

"I had a vision. I saw the Lord reaching down and taking hold of me, and he said, 'Come, daughter, I'm going to carry you through.'"

"I prayed all night long for my master till the first of March; and all the time he was bringing people to look at me, and trying to sell me."