Title: Hidden in Plain View : A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad
Publisher: Doubleday
Publication Date: 1999
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0385491379
ISBN 13: 9780385491372
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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The authors reveal the secret codes woven by African-American slaves into quilts they used to navigate their escape on the Underground Railroad, part of a well-organized resistance movement that preceded the abolitionist crusade. 25,000 first printing.

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Jacqueline Tobin is the author of The Tao Women, and is also a teacher, collector, and writer of women's stories. She lives in Denver, Colorado.

Raymond Dobard, Ph.D., is an art history professor at Howard University and a nationally known African American quilter. He lives in Washington, D.C.

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