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Author, Barbara Brackman, explores the stories surrounding the Underground Railroad in Facts & Fabrications Unraveling the History of Quilts & Slavery. This book contains 8 projects, 20 blocks, and first person accounts of the time.

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Did Quilts Really Lead the Way to Freedom?

• What role did quilts play? Barbara explores the stories surrounding the Underground Railroad.
• Read about the people who were there! First-person accounts, newspaper and military records, and surviving quilts all add clues.
• You decide how to interpret the stories and history, fabrication and facts as you learn about this fascinating time in history.
• Excellent resource for elementary through high school learners - curriculum included!

About the Author

Barbara Brackman has written numerous books about quilts and quilt history, among them America's Printed Fabrics: 1700-1890 for C&T Publishing. She lives in Lawrence, Kansas, a town founded by antislavery activists before the Civil War. She works as a consultant with the Kansas Museum of History, where she curated an exhibit on territorial history for the state's recent sesquicentennial anniversary. She also volunteers at the Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas, where she is Honorary Curator of Quilts. She was a founding member of the American Quilt Study Group and is proud to be a member of the Quilter's Hall of Fame.

Table of Contents

1000+ Books & Magazines Index

Quilts & Quilt Books that honor & document Historical Time Periods and Events	'Chipped Quilts National Quilt Registry using Microchip technology	America: From the Hearts 911 Quilts	Antique Quilts & Textiles by Bobbie Aug and Gerald Roy	Prairie Children and Their Quilts by Kathleen Tracy
Civil War Diary Quilt by Rosemary Youngs Book OR EQ Blocks CD NOTE: EQ software required	Book &/OR CD Civil War Love Letter Quilt by Rosemary Youngs Book or EQ Blocks CD NOTE: EQ Software required	Libertyville by Terry Clothier Thompson	State Quilt Projects	Out of Print Nebraska Quilts and Quiltmakers by Crews and Naugle

Quilt Historian Barbara Brackman's Books & Software	Calico Cowboy by Karla Menaugh and Barbara Brackman	Block Base Block Library Software that includes the 4,000 blocks from Encyclopedia of Quilt Blocks	Enclyclopedia Of Pieced Quilt Patterns, 4,000 Quilt Blocks: History, dates, a black and white illustration of each block	Facts & Fabrications Unraveling the History of Quilts & Slavery by Barbara Brackman
	Prairie Flower A Year on the Plains by Barbara Brackman

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