Underground Railroad Quilts - A Great Fascination
The premise that quilts contained symbols and secret messages for slaves escaping along the Underground Railroad of the pre-Civil War and Civil War era is met with differing opinions. However, research continues with some saying there definitely were quilts that aided and others who maintain it’s all a folk tale.
Diane Grenier is a quilter who spent two years researching Underground Railroad quilts and has created a reproduction. Learn about her own fascinating journey in Heidi Kratzke’s story, “Underground Railroad Quilt” threads way to freedom.
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(c)2008 Mary Emma Allen
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