go tell the delaware historical society this and their local historians who
will contradict you and present credible evidence to the contrary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carol Ely" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 3:11 PM
Subject: Re: "Museums Cozy Up To Quilts"


> a  listmember wrote:
> >a quiltwork done by homes using the Underground
> > Railroad. On these quilts the wners placed maps so these slaves could
> travel
> > safely from house to house as well as other important information they
> made
> > need>
>
> This, unfortunately, is a widely held misperception, based on a book that
> has been widely challenged and discredited by quilt historians, women's
> historians, and historians of the underground railroad - even while it has
> been enthusiastically embraced by the media, the public, and writers of
> school curricula. There is no credible evidence that quilts were used as
any
> kind of signalling or pathmarking system during the years of the
underground
> railroad, and much practical and logical evidence against this idea,
despite
> the fact that we all want to believe this kind of story about human
> ingenuity overcoming the horrors of oppression. For the debate, you can
> search the archives of H-QUILT, the mailing list for quilt scholars (which
> the posting was originally forwarded from). H-QUILT is at
> http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~quilt/, search keywords "underground railroad"
or
> "hidden in plain view" (the book's name).
>
> Carol Ely
> Museum Consultant
> Louisville
>
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