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Hidden in Plain View
A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad
By: Jacqueline L. Tobin, Raymond G. Dobard
Paperback | 18 January 2000 | Edition Number 1
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In Hidden in Plain View, historian Jacqueline Tobin and scholar Raymond Dobard offer the first proof that certain quilt patterns, including a prominent one called the Charleston Code, were, in fact, essential tools for escape along the Underground Railroad. In 1993, historian Jacqueline Tobin met African American quilter Ozella Williams amid piles of beautiful handmade quilts in the Old Market Building of Charleston, South Carolina. With the admonition to "write this down," Williams began to describe how slaves made coded quilts and used them to navigate their escape on the Underground Railroad. But just as quickly as she started, Williams stopped, informing Tobin that she would learn the rest when she was "ready." During the three years it took for Williams''s narrative to unfold—and as the friendship and trust between the two women grew—Tobin enlisted Raymond Dobard, Ph.D., an art history professor and well-known African American quilter, to help unravel the mystery.
Part adventure and part history, Hidden in Plain View traces the origin of the Charleston Code from Africa to the Carolinas, from the low-country island Gullah peoples to free blacks living in the cities of the North, and shows how three people from completely different backgrounds pieced together one amazing American story.
With a new afterword. Illlustrations and photographs throughout, including a full-color photo insert.
Industry Reviews
"A captivating read." --Dayton Daily News "Unfolds like a scholarly detective story and offers convincing evidence that quilts were used 'to conceal and yet reveal' a means of escape on the Underground Railroad." --Orange County Register
"A groundbreaking work." --Emerge
ISBN: 9780385497671
ISBN-10: 0385497679
Published: 18th January 2000
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 240
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Country of Publication: GB
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 20.6 x 13.7 x 1.7
Weight (kg): 0.24
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