Indigo I understood it

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From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Indigo Nights
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 9:26 AM
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Subject: Re: Codes in slave quilts

Offense is what you choose to take.  There was no
malice intended whatsoever, and was written in the
third person paralleling the "story line" about
symbols in the quilts and why "Miss Nancy" put the
quilt up once a month.

This is the second such "slam."  If you can tell me
folks did not talk in such fashion in the period in
question (except possibly to append the wink to show
the current era it was intended as a joke), and that
such symbology is not sometimes used in relationships,
then I'll apologize.  Till then, I'll simply state it
was intended to infuse a little humor as sometimes
happens to this list that is seemingly taking itself a
little too serious of late.

Now, if you're choosing to make it a color thing, step
back.  My children's ancestors might have been looking
for such quilts if the history of the symbology were
true.

Something you learn when you get as many candles as I,
and there will be one more next week, you just can't
please everyone and, on a list this size, I guess it
was just your turn not to be pleased.

--- Lanora Pierce <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Wow, that's pretty offensive.
> 
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 08:11:41 -0800
> >From: Indigo Nights <[log in to unmask]>  
> >Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Codes in slave quilts  
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >
> >maybe miss nancy was a hangin that ole quilt in the
> >winder once a month as a come hither for massa
> james.
> >wink wink!
> >--- [log in to unmask]
> <[log in to unmask]>
> >wrote:
> >> 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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