Underground Railroad Quilts – A Great Fascination
August 15, 2008 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Home & Living
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.
Other stories relating to this topic:
Hidden in Plain View – A Favorite Quilt Book
The Runaway Quilt (An Undergound Railroad Novel)
The Underground Quilt Controversy
Quilters Celebrate Black History Month
Student Makes Quilt Depicting Slavery & the Underground Railroad
(c)2008 Mary Emma Allen
