– Harriet Tubman "I can't die but once" – Harriet Tubman "Now I've been free, I know what a dreadful condition slavery is I have seen hundreds of escaped slaves, but I never saw one who was willing to go back and be a slave" – Harriet Tubman;False quote on freed slaves wrongly attributed to Harriet Tubman By Jenny Ung October 4, 18 CLAIM Harriet Tubman said "I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves" AP'S ASSESSMENT False Harriet Tubman, 19th century abolitionist and Underground Railroad conductor, did not say that she freed a thousand slaves and would have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slavesStarring Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr, Joe Alwyn, Jennifer Nettles, Janelle Monáe, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Clarke Peters OUR RATING ★★★☆☆ Story Biodrama directed and cowritten by Kasi Lemmons Based on the life of freedom fighter Harriet Tubman (Cynthia Erivo), who escaped slavery and