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• Friend, I haven't a dollar in the world, but if thee knows a fugitive who needs a breakfast, send him to me.
  • After a judge said to him at his trail 'Thomas, I hope you will never be caught at this business again'(1848)

• Thou has left me without a dollar,....I say to thee and to all in this court room, that if anyone knows a fugitive who wants shelter....send him to Thomas Garrett and he will befriend him.
  • In his closing address at the trail (1848)

• I should have done violence to my convictions, had I not made use of all the lawful means in my power to liberate those people, and assist them to become men and women rather than leave them in the condition of chattels personal.
  • Said after his conviction (1848])

• rejoice that I have lived to see this day, when the colored people of this favored land, by law, have equal, privileges with the most favored.
  • When the 15th Amendment passed on 30 March 1870,