The Underground Railroad quilt is a story about a set ... Horton says folk narratives like this are tools for meaning, and the quilt code does just that for quilters like quilt store owner Sandra ...

Two historians say African American slaves may have used a quilt code to navigate the Underground Railroad ... of the pattern and its associated meaning. When slaves made their escape, they ...

The African American Quilting & Doll Making Guild will display several Underground Railroad quilts made by their members and provide an explanation of the meaning behind each square in the quilt.

In 1999, a book came out titled "Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad," written by Jaqueline Tobin and Raymond G. Dobard. The authors claimed their work ...

“I found out that quilts with colors and patterns ... Railroad.Tindall says certain popular Underground Railroad patterns are documented as meaning certain things. “The ‘Drunkard’s Path ...

Edith Edmunds, a 99-year-old resident of Halifax County, is weaving history into her quilts, using her lifelong passion for ...

The Underground Railroad quilt is a story about a set of quilt ... that explained enslaved people made quilt blocks with coded meanings to help guide escapees to freedom. "And those blocks ...