"I had a long talk with the Lord, and I told him I was tired of being a slave, and I asked him to set me free."

"I was a stranger in a strange land; and my home, after all, was down in Maryland; because my father, my mother, my brothers, and sisters, and friends were there."

"I always told him, 'I trust to you. I don't know where to go or what to do, but I expect you to lead me,' and He always did."

"I always said, 'I'm going to hold steady on to God, and he'll see me through.'"

"I wouldn't trust Uncle Sam with my life."