How to Decode Slave Quilts
A number of American quilt patterns were created or used to convey secret messages to help slaves escape before and during the Civil War. It was illegal for a slave to be taught to read or write, so messages had to be passed along in codes and ... [... more]
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Art Against the Odds: From Slave Quilts to Prison Paintings
 Author: Susan Goldman Rubin Binding: Library Binding Dewey Decimal Number: 700.9045 EAN: 9780375924064 Edition: 1 ISBN: 037592406X Number Of Pages: 64 Publication Date: 2004-03-09 Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Release Date: 2004-03-09 [... more]
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Stitched from the Soul: Slave Quilts from the Antebellum ...
Stitched from the Soul: Slave Quilts from the Antebellum South [... more]
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Stitched from the Soul: Slave Quilts from the Antebellum ...
This richly illustrated book offers a glimpse into the lives and creativity of African-American quilters during the era of slavery. Originally published in 1989, this was the first book to examine the history of quilting in the enslaved community and to [... more]
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Tar Beach
I want to get away. I want to fly away.: First off, this book would pair brilliantly with Deborah Hopkinson's, "Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt". Utilizing a style not unlike the classic slave quilts featured in "Sweet Clara", " [... more]
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Tar Beach (Caldecott Honor Book)
I want to get away. I want to fly away.: First off, this book would pair brilliantly with Deborah Hopkinson's, "Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt". Utilizing a style not unlike the classic slave quilts featured in "Sweet Clara", " [... more]
$18.00
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Mississippi Quilts
Mississippi History: This wonderful book not only teaches you about quilts, it also teaches you about the state of Mississippi history. I learned facts I had not known. Such as, Mississippi was one of the five wealthiest states in the Union before the [... more]
$40.00
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Tar Beach
I want to get away. I want to fly away.: First off, this book would pair brilliantly with Deborah Hopkinson's, "Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt". Utilizing a style not unlike the classic slave quilts featured in "Sweet Clara", " [... more]
$6.99
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Tar Beach (Caldecott Honor Book)
I want to get away. I want to fly away.: First off, this book would pair brilliantly with Deborah Hopkinson's, "Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt". Utilizing a style not unlike the classic slave quilts featured in "Sweet Clara", " [... more]
$18.99
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Stitched from the Soul: Slave Quilts from the ...
Author: Gladys-Marie Fry Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 746.9708996073075 EAN: 9780525485353 ISBN: 052548535X Number Of Pages: 112 Publication Date: 1990-11-30 [... more]
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Stitched from the Soul: Slave Quilts from the Antebellum ...
Author: Gladys-Marie Fry Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 746.9708996073075 EAN: 9780807849958 Edition: 2 ISBN: 0807849952 Number Of Pages: 112 Publication Date: 2002-09-30 Release Date: 2001-12-09 [... more]
$27.50
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Art Against the Odds: From Slave Quilts to Prison Paintings
Author: Susan Goldman Rubin Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 700.9045 EAN: 9780375824067 ISBN: 0375824065 Number Of Pages: 64 Publication Date: 2004-03-09 Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Release Date: 2004-03-09 [... more]
$19.95
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