Event Details
Date/Time
Tuesday, June 14, 2022, 7
–8:30 p.m.
Location:
Full Hendrickson Room
Hendrickson South
Hendrickson North
Event Description

Join Connie Martin as she tells the history of her family, who were slaves captured in West Africa and survived the Middle Passage. Learn from her family's stories of secrecy, codes, and fugitive slave escape routes from South to North, which was revealed in an information-packed family Bible found dated 1865.

Connie also tells the origin of the Underground Railroad, and reveals key famous abolitionists, slave routes passing through our counties in Illinois, and shows the quilt code on slides and fabric quilt pattern, along with instances of special stitching used in over a dozen beautifully hand-crafted quilt replicas each sewn by Connie’s mother especially for this presentation.

To request disability accommodations, please contact us at 847-392-0100 or accessibility@ahml.info prior to the event. 

 

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Connie Martin

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