An alert webmaster has posted the following links on his church’s website so that the church members can do some further reading online about the Underground Railroad and Quilts, a controversy of which he was unaware until a speaker on this subject was booked, for the end of February.
More links:
The Underground Railroad Quilt Code, by Leigh Fellner.
Barbara Brackman’s Fact Sheet on The Quilt Code.
Black Threads: Explorations in African American Quilting, Quilt History, Fabrics and other Fanciful Topics.
The Underground Railroad and the Use of Quilts as Messengers for Fleeing Slaves by Kimberly Wulfert, PhD.
An American Quilt Myth: The Secret Quilt Code of the Underground Railroad by Patricia L. Cummings, quilt historian.
Threads of Freedom: The Underground Railroad Story in Quilts, an exhibit at Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio.
We are very blessed that this man was so observant and on the ball. He has been visiting various websites this past week and reports having learned a lot about quilts and their history! Amen.
