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Product Identifiers
PublisherDoubleday Religious Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-100385491379
ISBN-139780385491372
eBay Product ID (ePID)249491
Product Key Features
Book TitleHidden in Plain View : the Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicCommunication Studies, Quilts & Quilting, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), United States / General, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year1999
IllustratorYes
GenreLanguage Arts & Disciplines, Social Science, Crafts & Hobbies, History
AuthorRaymond G. Dobard, Jacqueline L. Tobin
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight19.4 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN98-049804
ReviewsFrom the Forewords: "Tobin and Dobard have taken quilt scholarship to another level. They have revealed that quilts are at once sources of pleasure, information, and meaning and are central to understanding the history of people of African ancestry in North America." --Floyd Coleman, Ph.D. "Jacqueline Tobin is to be applauded for being in the right place at the right time, and having enough faith to go back again and again to listen to the story of one family's effort to encode knowledge in their quilt tops. And one salutes her partnership with Raymond Dobard, whose knowledge of quilting technology is so outstanding. Their persistence--is vital to our understanding of African American culture and its myriad contributions to American life." --Maude Southwell Wahlman, Ph.D., author of Signs and Symbols: African Images in African American Quilts "By engaging in a vast amount of research, authors Tobin and Dobard have established a significant linkage between the Underground Railroad effort, escaping slaves, and the American patchwork quilt." --Cuesta Benberry, author of Always There: The African American Presence in American Quilts
Dewey Decimal973.7
Synopsis"There are five square knots on the quilt every two inches apart. They escaped on the fifth knot on the tenth pattern and went to Ontario, Canada. The monkey wrench turns the wagon wheel toward Canada on a bear's paw trail to the crossroads--" And so begins the fascinating story that was passed down from generation to generation in the family of Ozella McDaniel Williams. But what appears to be a simple story that was handed down from grandmother to mother to daughter is actually much, much more than that. In fact, it is a coded message steeped in African textile traditions that provides a link between slave-made quilts and the Underground Railroad. In 1993, author Jacqueline Tobin visited the Old Market Building in the historic district of Charleston, South Carolina, where local craftspeople sell their wares. Amid piles of beautiful handmade quilts, Tobin met African American quilter Ozella Williams and the two struck up a conversation. With the admonition to "write this down," Williams began to tell a fascinating story that had been handed down from her mother and grandmother before her. As Tobin sat in rapt attention, Williams began to describe how slaves made coded quilts and then used them to navigate their escape on the Underground Railroad. But just as quickly as she started, Williams stopped, informing Tobin that she would learn the rest when she was "ready." During the three years it took for Williams's narrative to unfold--and as the friendship and trust between the two women grew--Tobin enlisted Raymond Dobard, Ph.D., an art history professor and well-known African American quilter, to help provide the historical context behind what Williams was describing. Now, based on Williams's story and their own research, Tobin and Dobard, in what they call "Ozella's Underground Railroad Quilt Code," offer proof that some slaves were involved in a sophisticated network that melded African textile traditions with American quilt practices and created a potent result: African American quilts with patterns that conveyed messages that were, in fact, essential tools for escape along the Underground Railroad.
LC Classification NumberE450.T63 1999
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- 24. Okt. 2015
Life Saving Artwork
Before the Civil War and at a time when the human value of individual slaves and women were insignificant and hidden in plain view, the fact that quilts were used to secretly point the way to freedom, was incredible to learn about. The story of this craft of girls and women, the story of fabric pieces designed into not just a blanket providing warmth and comfort but of maps pointing north and away from slavery, was simple outstanding. The images and drawings of the many quilt designs used in this endeavor enhanced this story. I have donated this book to a school library - and I know that the story of these quilts, of colorful maps hidden in plain sight to those seeking freedom, will be loved and remembered. As you might guess, I loved this book and recommend it highly and thank the author for sharing this beautiful story.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 03. Mär. 2021
Great book for Civil War issues and/or quilters
Informative with lots of information.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 01. Dez. 2017
Attention all quilters and quilt lovers
This book is wonderful and well researched. Anyone with interest in the Underground Railroad and the role quilts played would be intrigued in its readingBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 01. Jun. 2017
Quilts held codes of the Underground Railroad
A most interesting review of codes of the underground railroad told through quilts.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 19. Okt. 2021
informative book
what i thought it would beBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
