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X-WR-CALNAME:Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Undergrou
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DESCRIPTION:Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Undergroun
 d Railroad\n\nThis FREE Community Engagement program is sponsored by Waubo
 nsee Community College and the Lifelong Learning Institute.\n\nJoin Connie
  as she tells the stories passed down to her great-grandmother Lizzie of h
 ow her family survived the antebellum period through trials and tribulatio
 ns\, and how they used quilts that contained hidden codes and secret messa
 ges to assist abolitionists–white and black–to guide enslaved people t
 o freedom through the Underground Railroad to Canada.\n\nDuring this prese
 ntation\, Connie shares eighteen different quilt patterns in replica quilt
 s and refers to a book her mother\, Dr. Clarice Boswell\, wrote about thei
 r family called Lizzie’s Story: A Slave Family’s Journey to Freedom.\n
 \nPlease RSVP to save your spot!\n\nConnie Martin\, MA\, is a retired teac
 her and popular veteran fitness instructor. As a Road Scholar\, she provid
 es historical education through engaging live presentations to create awar
 eness\, growth\, and inspiration for Illinois communities.
GEO:41.799822;-88.459383
LOCATION:Academic and Professional Center (APC)\, 110A
SUMMARY:Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Ra
 ilroad
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