Quilt Pattern Messages Of The Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad quilt is a story about a set of quilt blocks that could have helped enslaved people escape during slavery The idea took off 25 years ago with the book Hidden in
Slave quilts and abolitionist quilts helped to pass messages in code along the route of the Underground Railroad Slaves escaping north to freedom would look for quilts hanging on a line depicting the abolitionist cause patterns Underground Railroad Jacob s Ladder North Star and Slave Chain Quilts of the Underground Railroad Quilts of the Underground Railroad describes a controversial belief that quilts were used to communicate information to African slaves about how to escape to freedom via the Underground Railroad It
Quilt Pattern Messages Of The Underground Railroad
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The quilt codes of the Underground Railroad were a clever and effective form of communication and navigation for escaping slaves using symbols and patterns in quilts to convey important information and guide them to safety The Underground Railroad was made up of hiding places known as stations and the people who helped them were known as railroad workers Railroad workers and enslaved people used quilt codes to send secret messages to each other Below are some of the quilt code patterns and their hidden meanings
By Sarah Ives February 05 2004 4 min read Two historians say African American slaves may have used a quilt code to navigate the Underground Railroad Quilts with patterns named wagon When Jacqueline Tobin and Raymond Dobard explored in their book Hidden in Plain View A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad Random House a family legend that said messages
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Quilters have been copying patterns believed to have been used as signals for the Underground Railroad even though historians say they can t find any evidence they were used that way The Underground Railroad quilt is a story about a set of quilt blocks that could have helped enslaved people escape during slavery The idea took off 25 years ago with the book Hidden in
Quilters have been copying patterns believed to have been used as signals for the Underground Railroad even though historians say they can t find any evidence they were used that way The enduring story for Underground Railroad Quilts NPR Illinois The quilt pattern code Log Cabin goes back in history as used in the 1850s The code meant a safe house stop on the Underground Railroad An abolitionist might draw the pattern in the dirt at a predetermined point on the journey to signify that a safe house was very near
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Quilt Pattern Messages Of The Underground Railroad - The quilt patterns used in a certain order relayed messages to slaves preparing to escape Each pattern represented a different meaning Some of the most common were Monkey Wrench Star Crossroads and Wagon Wheel Quilts slung over a fence or windowsill seemingly to air passed on the necessary information to knowing slaves
