“Friend, I haven't a dollar in the world; but if thee knows a fugitive who needs a breakfast send him to me.”
In a closing address at his trial (1848), after a judge said to "Thomas, I hope you will never be caught at this business again"; as quoted in History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America, Vol. 2 (1874) by Henry Wilson, p. 85; also in Station Master on the Underground Railroad : The Life and Letters of Thomas Garrett (2005) by James A. McGowan, p. 65
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Judge — thee hasn't left me a dollar, but I wish to say to thee, and to all in this court room, that if anyone knows of a fugitive who wants a shelter, and a friend, send him to Thomas Garrett, and he will befriend him!
As quoted in Harriet, the Moses of Her People (1886) by Sarah Hopkins Bradford, p. 54
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And so the deal was done.
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and put me on your plate,
'cause you know i taste great.”
-At the Hop
From Niño Rojo
Variant: Put me in your dry dreams
or put me in your wet
If you haven't yet.
"Henry King, Who Chewed Bits of String, and Was Early Cut off in Dreadful Agonies"
Cautionary Tales for Children (1907)