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Sue’s Underground Railroad Quilt

Sue’s Underground Railroad Quilt Sue’s Underground Railroad Quilt
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Sue Coe made this magnificent Underground Railroad sampler quilt featuring quilt blocks used in quilts as signs for escaped slaves along the Underground Railroad. According to legend, a safe house along the Underground Railroad was often indicated by a quilt hanging from a clothesline, fence or windowsill. The blocks formed a type of code, communicating […]