“There is no evidence the underground railroad even existed.”
And a few years ago a new “cult” sprang up in the quilting community with a far-fetched story about quilts and the underground railroad. Supposedly, women would hang certain quilts outside as signals for slaves to follow indicating friendly homes, directions to the next “station”, etc.
It’s been proven a crock, but some people love the lore.
Around 1957 my Mother set up this frame in our living room in Leonia, Florida. For a couple of weeks ladies from the community made a large number of quilts.
They would first do the top and bottom then lay out rolls of cotton, then tie the tops, bottoms and cotton together. They stood around that frame and gossiped.
Other children got Mothers but I do recall they were very fine quilts and all the ladies had obviously done it before.