On Jan 23, 2007, at 11:48 AM, Henry Wiencek wrote:

>  Take a look at the H-SLAVERY discussions for more details on this.

The H-Slavery discussions of this topic over the past several weeks 
have been fascinating.  To read them, go to 
http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=lm&list=H-Slavery ; click 
the button to view January 2007; and select the "Sort by subject" 
option.

Relevant subjects are:
FW: Master's thesis on "Underground Railroad Quilt Code"
Master's thesis on "Underground Railroad Quilt Code"
Quilt Code and contemporary culture
Re: Quilt codes and contemporary culture

The message on the subject
Website discussing "Follow the Drinking Gourd"
is also relevant.

--Jurretta Heckscher

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