Hidden in plain view : the secret story of quilts and the underground railroad /
Tobin, Jacqueline,1950-author.
Dobard, Raymond G.,author.
Tobin met Ozella Williams in the Old Market Building in Charleston, South Carolina, and learned of the oral tradition and coded quilts used to navigate escapes on the Underground Railroad.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-208).
Tobin met Ozella Williams in the Old Market Building in Charleston, South Carolina, and learned of the oral tradition and coded quilts used to navigate escapes on the Underground Railroad.
Foreword. The Heritage of an Oral Tradition: The Transmission of Secrets in African American Culture / Cuesta Benberry -- Foreword. The Importance of the Decorative Arts in African American History / Floyd Coleman -- Foreword. Secret African Signs Encoded in African American Quilts / Maude Southwell Wahlman -- Author's Note. "Write This Down" / Jacqueline Tobin -- Author's Note. Stitching Ideas into Patterns : Methodology in the Writing of Hidden in Plain View / Raymond C. Dobard.
The Fabric of Heritage : Africa and African American Quiltmaking -- The Underground Railroad -- "There Are Five Square Knots . ." -- "The Monkey Wrench Turns the Wagon Wheel . . ." -- "Once They Got to the Crossroads . . ." -- "Flying Geese Stay on the Drunkard's Path . . ." -- Steal Away -- African American Quilts : Styles and Traditions -- Epilogue / Jacqueline Tobin -- Timeline -- Ozella's Underground Railroad quilt code patterns -- Chart comparing African symbols, American quilt patterns and Masonic emblems.
Underground Railroad.
Fugitive slaves
African American quilts
Ciphers
Ciphers.
Underground Railroad.
Hidden in plain view.