Wow, that's pretty offensive.

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>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]
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>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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