Here is a good website about debunking the quilt myth:

http://www.ugrrquilt.hartcottagequilts.com/

Kendra Clauser

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From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Deb Fuller
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 1:44 PM
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Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] coded messages in spirituals?

Here's a good site about the popular song "Follow the Drinking Gourd",
which was published nearly 80 years after the Civil War and the
chances of it being sung by slaves is very slim:
http://www.followthedrinkinggourd.org/

It gives some good info on how song myths get started and their
importance in cultural movements.

Deb Fuller

On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Cindy Boyer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I received a teacher study guide from the local oratorio society on the Harriet Tubman cantata they will be performing later this year.  There is a lesson plan about coded messages in spirituals sung by enslaved people.
>
> My first reaction was to wonder if this was similar to the erroneous reports of coded messages in quilts, hung to help people involved with the Underground Railroad.  In doing some basic on line searches, I found quite a few references to coded spirituals, from some pretty reputable sources.
>

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