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Road Scholar Connie Martin tells her ancestors' stories of survival through the antebellum period and how they used quilts to guide enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad. R
Ages 12 and older. Join Connie as she tells the stories passed down to her great-grandmother of how her family survived the antebellum period through trials and tribulations, and how they used quilts that contained hidden codes and secret messages to assist abolitionists–white and black–to guide enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad to Canada. During this presentation, Connie shares eighteen different quilt patterns in replica quilts.
This program meets in the Lake Room.
R = Registration required.
AGE GROUP: | Adult |
EVENT TYPE: | Launch Pad | Cultural Program | Adult |