Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad

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History

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Adults
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Join Connie Martin, MA, for an evening of presentation,storytelling, and display of over a dozen beautifully hand-crafted quilt replicas, representing patterns and special stitching used over 300 years ago by abolitionists and fugitive slaves to signify escape routes to the North. It is shown how quilts were used to signal plans, warn of dangers, indicate how transport might occur, or who might help as “Friends” on the Underground Railroad.

Note: this is a virtual event that will take place on Zoom. You will receive a Zoom link via email once you register.