Patch by Mandy
Patch
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Creator
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Mandy
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Story
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This patch was inspired by a book called The Lost Quilter by Jennifer Chiaverini about a slave, Joanna, who keeps trying to escape from the cruelty of her masters. She manages to hoard some fabric scraps and make a quilt called Birds in the Air, which is made up of blocks of flying geese patterns. When hung up on outside verandas the triangles face north, the direction in which runaway slaves must go in order to reach the states where slavery has been abolished.
It is not a true story but certainly contains a lot of factual material - Joanna is passed from one master to another, and during one escape has to leave her son behind (born as a result of rape from one of her masters).
I was very moved by the courage and strength shown which must have been true for hundreds of slaves during this terrible time.
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Rights Holder
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Mandy
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Rights
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All rights reserved.
