Hidden in plain view : the secret story of quilts and the underground railroad / Jacqueline L. Tobin and Raymond G. Dobard.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Anchor Books, 2000, c1952.Edition: 1st Anchor Books edDescription: x, 220 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0385497679 (pbk.)
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Contents:
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: style and traditions.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection E 450 .T63 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98628638

"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Doubleday in 1952"--T.p. verso.

"New to the paperback edition is an afterword by Jacqueline Tobin and Raymond Dobard, revealing and explicating the second part of Ozella's Code, which instructed fugitives how to survive the journey to Canada, and freedom"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-220.

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: style and traditions.

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