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Did American slaves use steganography?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chuck Hardin)
Wed Mar 31 21:31:09 2004
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Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 10:31:49 -0600
From: Chuck Hardin <chardin@naming-schemes.org>
"Two historians say African American slaves may have used a quilt code
to navigate the Underground Railroad. Quilts with patterns named
'wagon wheel,' 'tumbling blocks,' and 'bear's paw' appear to have
contained secret messages that helped direct slaves to freedom, the
pair claim."
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/02/0205_040205_slavequilts.html
CCH
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