The runaway quilt
Subtitle: an Elm Creek quilts novel
By: Jennifer Chiaverini
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
ISBN-13: 9780743222266
Subjects: Sylvia Compson (Fictitious character); Fugitive slaves; Quilting; Underground Railroad; Female friendship; Quiltmakers; Fiction
Description: When Sylvia Compson discovers evidence of her ancestors' involvement with the Underground Railroad, it raises the historical issue of the use of quilts as a method of signalling fugitive slaves.