Underground Railroad Quilt
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There is an excellent book on this topic : Hidden in Plain View, a Secret History of Quilts and the Underground Railroad. authors are Jacqueline L. Tobin and Raymond G. Dobard. The paperback edition came out in 1999. With illustrations and family history of collections and recollections of descendants....
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I have the book & want to make the blocks. Legend -true no one really knows!! I'm sure word got around what blocks meant - all news traveled even without social media we have. Back when they had their own social media. Beautiful blocks!!
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These are beautiful. I have always loved the book about Harriet Tubman (I believe that was her name) and the underground railroad. I know there is a lot of controversy and won't get into the political of it. I just found the book and story fascinating and how they used the different quilts to mark the way for safe passage.
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