Two historians say African American slaves may have used a quilt code to navigate the Underground Railroad. Quilts with patterns named "wagon wheel," "tumbling blocks," and "bear's paw" appear to ...

Fact, fiction, folklore, or a bit of all three: Did runaway slaves seek clues in the patterns of handmade quilts, strategically placed by members of the Underground Railroad? This ongoing debate ...

Jones’ “Tex Mex Underground Railroad” quilt has taken on a life of its own since the exhibition began. “You definitely have much better quilters in the group than me,” Jones demured.

In 1999, a book came out titled "Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad," written by Jaqueline Tobin and Raymond G. Dobard. The authors claimed their work ...

When Jacqueline Tobin and Raymond Dobard explored in their book Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad (Random House) a family legend that said messages ...

“I found out that quilts with colors and patterns most like mine descended from African-American slaves who used coded patterns in quilt blocks to pass information along Underground Railroad ...

Some 50 people, from as near as New Bedford and as far away as Texas, attended yesterday's lecture, part of the Underground Railroad Quilting workshop. Dr. Dobard, who holds a doctorate in art ...

Edith Edmunds, a 99-year-old resident of Halifax County, is weaving history into her quilts, using her lifelong passion for sewing to educate others about the Underground Railroad. Edmunds ...

Courtesy Sanford Biggers According to African American oral tradition, people escaping slavery via the underground railroad relied on a code sewn into quilts, which were hung in windows or over ...