Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad

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When quiltmaker Ozella McDaniels told Jacqueline Tobin of the Underground Railroad Quilt Code, it sparked Tobin to place the tale within the history of the Underground Railroad. Hidden in Plain View documents Tobin and Raymond Dobard's journey of discovery, linking Ozella's stories to other forms of hidden communication from history books, codes, and songs. Each quilt, which could be laid out to air without arousing suspicion, gave slaves directions for their escape. Ozella tells Tobin how quilt patterns like the wagon wheel, log cabin, and shoofly signaled slaves how and when to prepare for their journey. Stitching and knots created maps, showing slaves the way to safety.

The authors construct history around Ozella's story, finding evidence in cultural artifacts like slave narratives, folk songs, spirituals, documented slave codes, and children's' stories. Tobin and Dobard write that "from the time of slavery until today, secrecy was one way the black community could protect itself. If the white man didn't know what was going on, he couldn't seek reprisals." Hidden in Plain View is a multilayered and unique piece of scholarship, oral history, and cultural exploration that reveals slaves as deliberate agents in their own quest for freedom even as it shows that history can sometimes be found where you least expect it. --Amy Wan

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The fascinating story of a friendship, a lost tradition, and an incredible discovery, revealing how enslaved men and women made encoded quilts and then used them to navigate their escape on the Underground Railroad.

"A groundbreaking work."--Emerge

In Hidden in Plain View, historian Jacqueline Tobin and scholar Raymond Dobard offer the first proof that certain quilt patterns, including a prominent one called the Charleston Code, were, in fact, essential tools for escape along the Underground Railroad. In 1993, historian Jacqueline Tobin met African American quilter Ozella Williams amid piles of beautiful handmade quilts in the Old Market Building of Charleston, South Carolina. With the admonition to "write this down," Williams began to describe how slaves made coded quilts and used them to navigate their escape on the Underground Railroad. But just as quickly as she started, Williams stopped, informing Tobin that she would learn the rest when she was "ready." During the three years it took for Williams's narrative to unfold--and as the friendship and trust between the two women grew--Tobin enlisted Raymond Dobard, Ph.D., an art history professor and well-known African American quilter, to help unravel the mystery.

Part adventure and part history, Hidden in Plain View traces the origin of the Charleston Code from Africa to the Carolinas, from the low-country island Gullah peoples to free blacks living in the cities of the North, and shows how three people from completely different backgrounds pieced together one amazing American story.

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Myth, legend or history?.......2007-05-27

I have read pros and cons on the authenticity of this book and remain convinced it is a novel lacking authentic historical documentation. Some of the quilt patterns mentioned did not exist prior to 1900 and the story tellers are unavailable or deceased. Although several respected quilt historians believe the author's tales, I choose to accept Barbara Brackman's statement in her book "Facts and Fabrications...Unraveling the History of Quilts and Slavery." Ms. Brackman wrote on page 7 of her book "We have no historical evidence that quilts were used as signal, codes or maps. The tale of quilts and the Underground Railroad makes a good story, but not good quilt history." The book is a slow read and repetitive.

Not a shred of evidence!.......2007-03-22

Having personally had the privilege to study with three of the Underground Railroad's top historians: David Blight, James Horton, and Lois Horton; All three said that there is not a shred of evidence supporting the idea that quilts served as maps. Quilts were however sewn and sold as fundraisers for abolitionist groups.

Fakelore - absolutely no evidence to back up this story.......2007-03-12

Just do a search on the internet for underground railroad quilts and you will find many web sites that debunk the myths set forth in this book. Although the concept is appealing, there is absolutely no evidence other than one woman's story to back it up. Almost all underground railroad historians and quilt historians label this book as FICTION, not fact! There is so much factual material to learn about the Underground Railroad - it is an insult to the history of black Americans to perpetuate a myth.

Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad.......2007-02-19

Very interesting book, not quite what I had expected. The book traces the story line of a particular person, along with the different perspectives of educators and their arguments of the authenticity of the patterns and their meanings.

I would recommend the book to anyone who enjoys quilting, along with an interest in American History and the importance of the Underground Railroad post Civil War.

Wonderful Reading ! Highly Recommended !.......2006-09-08

I learned about this book through the drama department at my church. We are putting on a play based on the story of the quilt code presented here. I was born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina. I have visited this booth many times. As an African American and a descendent of survivors of slavery, I understand the concept of an unwritten oral history. So much of my family history that has been handed done orally by the elders in my family would probably be unbelievable also. But that does not mean that it did not occur. The Timeline, Glossary, and Bibliography are excellent tools. This book has helped the cast to start discussions and learn more about this era in United States history.

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When the Civil War began in 1861, Philadelphia was an important industrial center behind the Northern war effort. The city boasted two large federal arsenals, a major shipbuilding facility, the country's largest locomotive factory, and the busiest flag manufacturer in the United States. Philadelphia bankers raised valuable government bonds and millions of dollars for the Lincoln administration. Several prominent Union generals were born in Philadelphia, and the city enlisted scores of regiments for the Union cause. Philadelphia, long a center of abolitionist ferment, provided safe haven for escaping slaves on the Underground Railroad, and later a recruitment camp for black soldiers was established near the city. This unique guidebook includes descriptive background information on the city's rich Civil War heritage-historical buildings, Underground Railroad sites, museums, archives, libraries, cemeteries, commemorative statues and plaques. Guide to Civil War Philadelphia also includes an overview of the city's wartime history and a selected list of accommodations with Civil War connections.

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A short introduction to Civil War sites.......2005-11-27

This book starts with a brief introduction about Philadelphia before and during the U.S. Civil War. In 1860, Philadelphia was the second largest city in the country with over half a million people. Its population was increasing as many immigrants arrived and moved to neighborhoods along the edges of the city. There were businesses everywhere, especially in textiles, and the railroads covered so much of the city that they were a safety concern. The book addresses a little of what that time was like, but its main purpose is to describe sites associated with the war.

There are 15-20 sites described per chapter, with chapters ranging from the Abolition movement to libraries to vanished Civil War sites. I picked up this book because I was researching some Philadelphia ancestors who lived in the city during the Civil War and I wanted to know more about some of the resources available for researching that period. For this reason, I found the chapters on libraries and cemeteries to be more interesting. Over 20 museums, libraries, and historical societies are described, including lesser known places such as the Civil War Library and Museum on Pine St. and the Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Museum and Library. There are examples of regimental histories, biographies, manuscript collections, etc. that you can find at these locations. Descriptions for 18 cemeteries are also provided, with Laurel Hill and Woodlands receiving the most attention. Information includes famous Civil War military people who are buried there.

The appendix has some interesting lists, including companies that had government contracts, military hospitals that existed between 1861-1865, Civil War manuscript collections that can be found at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and the Chester County Historical Society, and a list of Philadelphia shipyards with their specific vessels and launch dates. Also, the book provides over 70 black & white photos.

Overall, this is a nice introductory guidebook. It's especially useful if you're looking to take some day trips of Civil War sites or cemeteries, and you're a historian or a genealogist. It's not for the casual tourist. Also, if you're just starting to do some research on Philadelphia history/genealogy during that period, then this book can give you a general idea of where to find some things.

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Daniel N Rolph
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In a challenging, provocative book, Andrew Bacevich reconsiders the assumptions and purposes governing the exercise of American global power. Examining the presidencies of George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton--as well as George W. Bush's first year in office--he demolishes the view that the United States has failed to devise a replacement for containment as a basis for foreign policy. He finds instead that successive post-Cold War administrations have adhered to a well-defined "strategy of openness." Motivated by the imperative of economic expansionism, that strategy aims to foster an open and integrated international order, thereby perpetuating the undisputed primacy of the world's sole remaining superpower. Moreover, openness is not a new strategy, but has been an abiding preoccupation of policymakers as far back as Woodrow Wilson.

Although based on expectations that eliminating barriers to the movement of trade, capital, and ideas nurtures not only affluence but also democracy, the aggressive pursuit of openness has met considerable resistance. To overcome that resistance, U.S. policymakers have with increasing frequency resorted to force, and military power has emerged as never before as the preferred instrument of American statecraft, resulting in the progressive militarization of U.S. foreign policy.

Neither indictment nor celebration, American Empire sees the drive for openness for what it is--a breathtakingly ambitious project aimed at erecting a global imperium. Large questions remain about that project's feasibility and about the human, financial, and moral costs that it will entail. By penetrating the illusions obscuring the reality of U.S. policy, this book marks an essential first step toward finding the answers.

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excellent study of US position in the world........2007-09-12

This is one the better books of analysis done on America's place in the world. Its an honest attempt to put down on paper the realities of America's interactions with the world rather than the idealisms that many authors (especially neoconservative ones) present.

What make the book so good is that it actually tries to be neutral and to look at things from an objective point of view. His coverage of the American Military is unmatched. He is one of the few writers that actually talks about the reality of the Military and politics in America.

The only point the author misses is an understanding of how the very size of prosperity of the United States forces it into certain roles. Economic sucess at home inevitably leads to economic expansion overseas. And economic expsnsion leads to concerns about security outside of the country's borders. The other thing it inevitably leads to is confusion over what the interests of the country really are. Empires are not usually created by force of will. They are created by political and economic circumstances that require them. If America were to disappear tomorrow, the next most powerful country or group of countries would be forced to deal with the same problems and take on the same responsiblities.

The weakness of the book is that the author's expertise is more on the military side than the economic. To really understand the American empire, its as necessary to understand the international monitary order, the "dollar" standard and the international flows of trade/money.

Two examples of authors in opposition to Bacevich are Thomas Barnett and Robert Kaplin. Barnett's message is that there are no American interests, only Imperial interests. As a result (for example) the US should surrender all its interests and retreat from East Asia to show our good will to Imperial partner China. Kaplan on the other hand views the whole world outside the US as the wild west and sees the mission of the US to bring American civilization to the "savages". Those books are different than "Empire" in that they are blatently pushing political policies than providing analysis.

In spite of its lack of economics, its still a better book than those produced by others. The neutral tone and analysis itself is worth the book even if you don't agree with the conclusions.

Continuity is not Permanent.......2007-04-22

This work started out strong, beginning with an excellent chapter on 20th century American intellectual history covering Beard, Williams, and the myth of the Accidental Empire. Beard and Williams questioned the meaning and motive behind the open door policy, proclaiming it sheep's clothing over an imperialist agenda. Both historians were stigmatized and largely ignored by later historians for their trouble.

Bacevich then connects the open door to the post cold war world, showing how globalization as conceived in American foreign policy was 'new bottles for old wine'.

The majority of the book is an extended review of the Clinton years, looking at how Bosnia, Iraq, and Kosovo reflect continuities with the Open Door.

Some bits I didn't know: The use of private military contractors started back in Bosnia because Americans wouldn't support a boots on the ground strategy and we weren't supposed to take sides.

Also, the weak State Departments under Bush reflect a structural problem. The theater CINC's have much greater budgetary power and discretion of action, to a foreign power their words matter more then any ambassador (or Secretary of State?)

I would avoid the last chapter on George W. Bush, it appears to have been written prior to the invasion of Iraq and is therefore useless as analysis.

I think Bacevich is too quick to look for continuity between administrations and spends too little time on constraints. Reagan, Bush I and Clinton all had adversarial relationships with Congress, and their policies were tailored around what congress would allow. As Bush II demonstrates, removing that constraint allowed wildly discontinuous policies. If it was so easy for Bush to push an overtly imperial agenda why can't the next President push an overtly anti-imperial agenda with equally revolutionary changes?

A flawed book filled with old news..........2005-02-13

According to Thomas Barnett (see his blog), author of rival account "The Pentagon's New Map," Andrew Bacevich "is an 'empire' guy now in recovery."

What exactly this means I am unsure, but I believe it means a turn to a more honest, comparative evaluation than what's on display here. For example, he claims 13,000 civilian deaths from the latest war in Iraq, but on the ground interviews have found only 2,000 - a typical exageration too typical of this tendentious genre.

The best situation assessment of all in our world historical moment is William Odom, et. al., "America's Inadvertant Empire" (2004), which convincingly argues that the US leads an "empire of a new type." That is, it isn't an empire at all in historical terms, i.e., extractive, exploiting, domineering. Instead this "empire" is voluntary, produces wealth for the people, operates under laws, constitutions, and popular soveriegnty that distinguishes it from all historical precedents. Thus, confusion and derision overwhelms most authors.

In other words, Bacevich, along with most analysts and historical accounts - especially those from the left, but not exclusively (see Buchanan and Nial Ferguson) - fail to accurately account for those differences and the historic progressive difference it makes for our planets futures, i.e., a more peaceful, prosperous, and happy world is at hand, if we want it.

Thus, "The End of History" as Fukiyama had it over a decade back was right: the liberal world order is upon us because it fulfills people's aspirational needs. But as for correctly and accurately describing it - you won't find it in Bacevich' "American Empire."

Useful, though idealistic, account of US empire.......2004-08-14

The author is an American academic, an ex-officer of the US Army. Chapter One, `The myth of the reluctant superpower', exposes the nonsense that the US state just responds to events, improvising as it goes, containing others' aggressions, going to war only in necessary self-defence. Bacevich notes that the US state's "purpose is to preserve and, where both feasible and conducive to U.S. interests, to expand an American imperium." He shows the basic continuity of US foreign policy, "the unflagging self-interest and large ambitions underlying all U.S. policy."

Globalisation expresses US economic, political, military and cultural supremacy, maintained by unilateral aggressive wars, through military proconsuls, gunboats and Gurkhas. The US state claims that its `internationalism' is progressive and `isolationism' is backward, that the USA is the vanguard of history, the pioneer, leading the world to the future of peace and prosperity.

But a single dominant power brings not peace but perpetual war: the Pax Britannica involved Britain in war every single year while the Empire lasted. The same holds for the USA, ever since 1898.

Since the Soviet Union's suicide, US warmongering has speeded up: since 1989, the USA has made 47 overseas military interventions, following a consistent strategy for US empire. Clinton's war in Somalia killed between 6,000 and 10,000 civilians, two-thirds of them women and children, according to a senior US officer. The illegal war against Kosovo, ostensibly humanitarian, became a full-blooded war against Serbian civilians, killing at least 1,500. In Afghanistan, US forces have so far killed between 1,000 and 4,000 civilians.

US forces are now stuck in Iraq, where they have killed more than 13,000 civilians. The US naval victory at Manila Bay in 1898 led to forty years of occupying and `pacifying' the Philippines. How long will we tolerate this increasingly genocidal war against the Iraqi people?

Bacevich calls for honestly recognising that the USA is an empire, so it can be run morally and realistically. But empire, founded on exploitation and repression, denies democracy, abroad and at home. It is reactionary, not progressive, and can no more be run morally than slavery can.

Seems over long at <300 pages........2004-06-22

Writing in the Summer 2002 issue of Parameters Andrew J. Bacevich observed in a book review "This is a book on considerable wisdom, larded with considerable nonsense. " The same criticism could be lodged against American Empire.
This book is part of a group of volumes in recent years, like Chalmers Johnson's Blowback and Samuel Huntington's Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order which suggest that we should reevaluate the history of American foreign policy, pushing aside idealistic self-delusion and recognizing that a continuing driving need to open new markets abroad and forcing the international community to conform to policies of economic liberalism which make the world safe for American business interests. What differentiates this crop of criticism from that which came before is that is comes not from the traditional academic left, but from former cold-warriors and thinkers more closely associated with the political right.
Bacevich starts by reviewing the careers and theories of two diplomatic historians, Charles Beard and William Appleman Williams. Both theorists viewed U.S. foreign policy through an economic lens, tracing the source of American actions abroad to conditions at home. The both are in line with Bacevich in attacking the view of the United States as a "reluctant superpower." On Page 24 he quotes Beard "Empires are not built in fits of absent mindedness." The author acknowledge that both these individuals were largely discredited late in their carreers for failing to see the hostile ideology of the day as any kind of threat. Beard dismissed the rise of European Fascism, while Williams similarly ignored international communism. This is ironic for while Bacevich, with the advantage of hindsight, acknowledges Nazi and Stalinist/Maoist regimes as legitimate threat worthy of U.S. military intervention, he seems dismissive of the rising threat of violent religious fundamentalism.
After this section comes the highpoint of the book, an intriguing if slanted history of U.S. foreign policy of the post Cold War era. Working primarily from news reports, speeches and public documents, the author compiles an intriguing analysis of the events of the two Bush and Clinton administrations. While focusing on the last 14 years, he also tries to connect the actions to long-term trends in U.S. diplomacy dating back to at least the Spanish American War. Unfortunately this ambitious work of historical analysis is underplayed in favor of a survey of more recent events.
The usefulness of this portion as a reference is compromised by the fact that the events described are not ranged chronologically, but rather the author seems to be trying to group the material by theme in chapters titled "Globization and its Conceits" and "Policy by Default" among others. These themes are so repetitive however that that it is hard to pick out just what point a particular incident is supposed to evidence.
After this comes a series of out of place digressions on a variety of topics. Other readers have noted that the book at time reads more like a selection of separate essays tenuously connect rather than a unitary, flowing argument.
The chapter "Gunboats and Gurkas" discussing the reluctance of the U.S. to commit forces and its tendency to fight conflict either by proxy or through high-technology. This is followed directly by "Rise of the Proconsuls" which suggest that we as citizens should be wary of the foreign policy power invested in American military elites. "Proconsuls" is interesting in that a large portion of the chapter is devoted to GEN Wesley Clark's behavior in the NATO-Serbian war, with the material derived predominantly from Clark's own book. Despite the source, the text does not display the General in a positive light.
With the bulk of it appearing to have been written prior to the tragedy of September 11, 2001, the observations in this book about the Bush administration's foreign policy in regards to the Mid-east have not aged well. The Author makes reference to the war in Afghanistan; however he seems to feel that the events of that conflict did not signal a fundamental change in US foreign policy practice, or the alleged reluctance of America to commitment ground forces. The current occupation of Iraq makes some of his statement almost comical. For example: He suggests you can rate the administration commitment to the current conflict by the number of reserve component soldiers called up, stating "The president ordered modest numbers of national guardsmen to active duty-far less than in 1990-but most citizen-soldiers called to the colors were assigned duties no more hazardous than providing backup security inside airport terminals." With tens of thousands of Nation Guardsmen currently deployed around the world and 88 dead in Operation Iraqi Freedom alone, this line seems both flippant and naive. "(The Bush Team) made no preparations to take the fight to the Taliban...U.S. forces in (as opposed to above) Afghanistan was confined to a single raid by about a hundred Army Rangers, as inconsequential as it was brief." In light of subsequent events, one can only conclude that Dr. Bacevich severely misread the intentions of the Bush administration.
Interestingly, the sentence above is included verbatim in a National Review article Mr. Bacevich wrote nearly a year earlier. That piece made most of the same points as the "War for Imperium" chapter, in about the same number of pages. This would seem to lend credence to the theory that this piece was assembled out of previously existing essays or at least that he was mining the his existing works for material to flesh out the book.
Despite the merits of offering a diplomatic history of the post cold war era, American Empire as a whole is a largely unsatisfying work. The author's core thesis, while not irrefutable, is one worthy of further research and discussion, Overall, Bacevich offers a good attempt at contemporary diplomatic history and analysis and then sabotages it with a dearth of unnecessary and off topic material.

American Empire: The Realities and Consequences of U.S. Diplomacy. (Book Reviews).: An article from: Parameters

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This comprehensive handbook guides new and potential owners through the initial stages of bringing home an African Grey Parrot - from preparing a cage or aviary to providing the healthiest and most nutritious foods. An extensive health care section advises owners on the treatment of injuries and diseases, offering sound advice on avoiding problems in the first place. Like others in this series, "African Grey Parrots ...getting started" is filled with colorful photographs and illustrations throughout. With helpful tips on selecting an African Grey, wing clipping, and training owners will find this book to be a useful resource for years to come.

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Grey Disappointment.......2001-09-07

This book is very hard to navigate due to its layout. The pictures get in the way of the natural flow of words. It is rather difficult to discern paragraph distinctions and there are a few typos. Some of the information in this book is suspect, and the author contradicts himself several times. I feel vastly disappointed with this book however, there are some fantastic photographs of the African Grey parrots.

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