maybe miss nancy was a hangin that ole quilt in the
winder once a month as a come hither for massa james.
wink wink!
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> 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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