Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad
A Road Scholar Program by Connie Martin
When
Feb 15, 2025
2:00pm–3:00pm
Cost
Free
Join Connie as she tells the stories passed down to her great-grandmother Lizzie of how her family survived the Anti-bellum period through trials and tribulations.
Connie shares how they used quilts that contained hidden codes and secret messages to assist abolitionists; white and black, in guiding slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad to Canada.
During the presentation, Connie references eighteen different quilt patterns using replica quilts and a book her mother, Dr. Clarice Boswell, wrote about their family called Lizzie’s Story: A Slave Family’s Journey to Freedom.
This event is Free and Open to the public. For more information, please contact Payton Dowell at payton.dowell@galesburglibrary.org.
Learn more about Connie Martin, this program, and how to book it here.
Host Organization
Contact
Suite 650, 125 South Clark St.
Chicago, IL 60603
312.422.5580 312.374.6787
600 Troy Road
N4, Room 207
Edwardsville, IL 62025
618.468.5580
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