Underground Railroad Sampler: Quilt in a Day, is a guide to reproduce a quilt using patterns that were codes for safe houses, etc. during the Underground Railroad period. Certain quilt blocks were used to guide fleeing slaves on their journey.
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Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Book
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Quilts, Slavery, Civil wars
Search Terms
Quiilt Making, Quilt Patterns Used as Codes for Underground Railroad, Underground Railroad
