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Re: Codes in slave quilts
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james schulte <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 17 Nov 2005 18:13:19 -0500
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But they didn't just move by the full moon.

-----Original Message-----
From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Deb Fuller
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 10:24 AM
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Subject: Re: Codes in slave quilts

On 11/17/05, Mark Janzen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> As a historical topic, there may yet be some secret diary written by a
> literate slave somewhere who sets out the secret of her quilts for us.
> Seems a little unlikely, but then they changed what happened at the Alamo
> after more than a hundred years. Who knew?

I've also thought that if illiterate slaves could read the "codes" in
quilts, wouldn't non-slaves have caught on or figured it out sooner or
later? "Gee, Miss Nancy has been hanging that quilt out on her porch
every month right around the full moon. Wonder why?"

Plus. many other signals and signs have survived from the Underground
Railroad, you'd think that there would be more information on the
quilts as well.

Deb

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