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Author Tobin, Jacqueline, 1950-

Title Hidden in plain view : the secret story of quilts and the underground railroad / Jacqueline L. Tobin and Raymond G. Dobard.

Publication Info. New York, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1999.
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 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  973.7115 TOB    Storage
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  973.7 TOBIN    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  973.7115 TOBIN    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  973.7 TOBIN    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.7115 TOBIN    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  973.7115 TOBIN    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  973.7115 TOB    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.7115 T55    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  973.7 TOBIN    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  973.7115 TOBIN    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description x, 208 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-208).
Contents Foreword. The heritage of an oral tradition : the transmission of secrets in African American culture / Cuesta Benberry -- Foreword. The importance of the decorative arts in African American history / Floyd Coleman -- Foreword. Secret African signs encoded in African American quilts / Maude Southwell Wahlman -- Author's note. "Write this down" / Jacqueline Tobin -- Author's note. Stitching ideas into patterns : methodology in the writing of Hidden in Plain View / Raymond G. Dobard -- The fabric of heritage : Africa and African American quiltmaking -- The Underground Railroad -- African American quilts : styles and traditions -- Timeline -- Ozella's Underground Railroad quilt code patterns -- Chart comparing African symbols, American quilt patterns, and Masonic emblems.
Subject Underground Railroad.
Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Communication -- History -- 19th century.
African American quilts -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century.
Ciphers -- History -- 19th century.
Added Author Dobard, Raymond G.
ISBN 0385491379
9780385491372
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