Facts & Fabrications - Unraveling the History of Quilts & Slavery: - 8 Projects - 20 Blocks - First-Person Accounts

Looks at the history of quilting and the use of quilts as visual aids in the context of slavery and the 'Underground Railroad' in pre-Civil War America. This volume includes first-person accounts, newspaper and military records, and quilts - to provide an examination of the role of quilts in the era of slavery and emancipation.