Yes another historian has also refuted this study as have many others, last
year.His argument although valid also casts many presumptions. Last year i
saw a exhibition on quilts and sat through a discussion panel on these
specimens and was intrigue when they but them together they laid out
Delaware and NJ and showed several homes on the trail(e.g. Godwin Sisters
House). The hisrorians who have taken sides are many in fact one wrote that
the study is to young to really speculate more and inyensive study should
have been done. In plain view is one of many points. A good example of many
viewpoints are the Salem Witchcraft trials, after viewing numerous arguments
were they really about witchcraft, i will send you the info i have on them
if you like if and when i remember where i put em their here somewhere, so
to say its a misconception , maybe not( and i dint learn about em in school
at any point when you said it was the firstb time i heard about the teaching
of materialsin school) They also used various color quilts to tell slaves
which were safe houses and which were not, Any masters student need a thesis
topic?  sorry to contradict but yes i live in New Jersey and you know us we
have always brought conflict on this nation(laughs) Any way thanks for the
info I am reading the many links including the one from the Historical
commission and Yes I'm in NJ( unless we suceded like we attempted to do 20
years ago) but thats another story...God Bless
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From: "Candace Perry" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: "Museums Cozy Up To Quilts"


> James, in your state (you're in NJ?) there is a prominent African American
> historian who has refuted much of the UGRR quilt stories.  His arguments
> (which are very sound) are on the web somewhere as a transcript of a
> presentation he gave at a historical society (search hidden in plain view
> quilts NJ or something like that).  Those of us who are interested in
quilts
> would love to know what the DE Hist. Soc. has, and I will certainly check
> into it -- this is something everyone would love to believe in, I know,
but
> there are just a lot of holes in the information!
> Candace Perry
> Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center
>
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