During the nearly 250 years of slavery in America, it’s believed that some cover was actually undercover. There were no written records of an underground railroad quilt code that aided runaway slaves ...

The quilts that hung from the porch railings or over the bushes in front of the slave quarters didn't mean much to their owners. But to their slaves, the images and patterns held messages to help them ...

As a hobby, quilting is often about remembering loved ones. Today almost a million Americans make some kind of quilt, including replica Revolutionary War quilts, and, increasingly Underground Railroad ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Connie Martin always knew who her ancestors were growing up. “There was a big picture of (her great-grandmother) in grandma Lizzie ...

WILKES-BARRE — When Olivemae Lewis began quilting, she never dreamt that one of her creations would be a true stitch in time. The Osterhout Free Library hosted Lewis, of West Nanticoke, on Saturday ...

PRAIRIE GROVE -- A collaboration between history, art and a local quilting shop recently provided Prairie Grove Junior High students hands-on learning as they did a "deep dive into the quilt codes" ...

The design for a new Frederick Douglass memorial in New York has sparked a controversy that pits artistic truth and oral traditions against documented historical fact. The memorial incorporates quilt ...