Thursday, June 18, 2009

14th block - Trip Around the World


from Barbara Brackman's Underground Railroad quilt

"One step in the process toward emancipation was a national movement called Colonization, which developed early in the nineteenth century. Many people believed freed and escaped slaves should move to Canada, which had eliminated slavery with a program of gradual emancipation. Another idea, popular for a while, was a back to Africa movement."

Facts & Fabrications ~ Unraveling the History of Quilts & Slavery by Barbara Brackman

1 comment:

frazzledsugarplummum said...

Oh this is even nicer than I thought! Thanks Cyndy.