Colorful Underground Railroad Sampler

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This piece was designed using the secret code safe houses are said to have sewn into the patterns of quilts to indicate safety or danger to enslaved people traveling the Underground Railroad. According to legend, when hanged outside different quilt squares would send specific messages to the slaves…

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Colorful Underground Railroad Sampler

People's Graphic Design Archive

№ 28,243

This piece was designed using the secret code safe houses are said to have sewn into the patterns of quilts to indicate safety or danger to enslaved people traveling the Underground Railroad. According to legend, when hanged outside different quilt squares would send specific messages to the slaves…

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