Sweet Clara and the freedom quilt / by Deborah Hopkinson ; paintings by James Ransome.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : A. Knopf, 1995.Edition: 1st Dragonfly Books edDescription: [32] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 0679874720 (pbk.)
  • 9780679874720
Subject(s): Online resources: Summary: A young slave stitches a quilt with a map pattern which guides her to freedom in the North. As a seamstress in the Big House, Clara dreams of a reunion with her momma, who lives on another plantation -- and even of running to freedom. Then she overhears two slaves talking about the Underground Railroad. In a flash of inspiratoin, Clara sees how she can use the cloth in her scrap bag to make a map of the land -- a freedom quilt -- that no master will ever suspect.
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Juvenile Book Storms Research Center Juvenile Collection JUV PZ 7 .H778125 SW 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 98628243

A young slave stitches a quilt with a map pattern which guides her to freedom in the North. As a seamstress in the Big House, Clara dreams of a reunion with her momma, who lives on another plantation -- and even of running to freedom. Then she overhears two slaves talking about the Underground Railroad. In a flash of inspiratoin, Clara sees how she can use the cloth in her scrap bag to make a map of the land -- a freedom quilt -- that no master will ever suspect.

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