This beautifully illustrated book chronicles the codes or maps American slaves stitched into quilts to show others the way to the North and freedom. Whether these codes existed or are the stuff of wonderful legend has been impossible to prove conclusively, but this book does not depend on being rooted in cold, hard fact for its value. It is deeply moving, all the more so because it is told as the story of the author's matriarchal ancestors.
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This beautifully illustrated book chronicles the codes or maps American slaves stitched into quilts to show others the way to the North and freedom. Whether these codes existed or are the stuff of wonderful legend has been impossible to prove conclusively, but this book does not depend on being rooted in cold, hard fact for its value. It is deeply moving, all the more so because it is told as the story of the author's matriarchal ancestors.
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