Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad

Tobin, Jacqueline L.; Dobard, Raymond G.

ISBN 10: 0385491379 / ISBN 13: 9780385491372

Verlag: Doubleday, 1999

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The authors reveal the secret codes woven by African-American slaves into quilts they used to navigate their escape on the Underground Railroad, part of a well-organized resistance movement that preceded the abolitionist crusade. 25,000 first printing.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Jacqueline Tobin is the author of The Tao Women, and is also a teacher, collector, and writer of women's stories. She lives in Denver, Colorado.

Raymond Dobard, Ph.D., is an art history professor at Howard University and a nationally known African American quilter. He lives in Washington, D.C.

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Titel: Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of ...
Verlag: Doubleday
Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: good