Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad

Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad

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Location

Downers Grove Public Library
1050 Curtiss Street
Downers Grove Illinois 60515
Illinois US
Thursday, February 12, 2026 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
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In partnership with the Downers Grove League of Women Voters, we are pleased to present Connie Martin as she tells the stories passed down to her great-grandmother Lizzie of how her family survived the antebellum period through trials and tribulations, and how they used quilts that contained hidden codes and secret messages to assist abolitionists-white and black- to guide enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad to Canada. 

 

There will be light refreshments served.