10B+Quilts+19th-20th+C

=Quilts= toc

Background Information:
The Underground Railroad was a secret system of people (both black and white) and places that helped escaped slaves travel north to freedom. (It was not actually a railroad, but the people involved in it used railroad terms to describe their actions. For example, //conductors// were people who traveledwith slaves along their route.) The Underground Railroad's routh extended from the northern US states to Canada. In Canada, escaped slaves could no be re-captured by their "owners" -- in the northern, free US states, "owners" could legally re-capture their slaves. It is estimated that about 100,000 slaves escaped to freedom using the Underground Railroad.
 * Underground Railroad**

Historical Connection/Underground Railroad/Quilting Codes
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