The Sophie Hayes Foundation's Red Godfrey-Sagoo said the quilt gave the women a "voice" Survivors of modern slavery who created a quilt that reflects their pasts and future dreams have said it ...

The Kentucky Quilt Project, Inc.: Louisville, 1992. A selection of quilts and with chapters that include slave-made products, free blacks in antebellum America, late nineteenth century, and ...

The First African Baptist Church, one of the oldest Black churches in North America, served as a vital hub for the ...

While quilts are known for a sense of artistry and ... role for freedom seeking African-Americans during the time of slavery. A special code was quite literally quilted into existence in the ...

Some of the quilts reflect very personal interests and concerns; others express political and societal concerns such as patriotism, anti-slavery sentiments, war and peace. Many quilts in the ...

A rare manuscript of a historical 18th Century slave song is set to go on display ... will also showcase international artists and local quilt makers, and will run from 6 - 30 September.

The mother and her ancestors created over a hundred of these quilts that are works of art charting the family's history since a slave ship brought them to the United States. A granddaughter ...