For some reason, I seem to have become obsessed with the Harriet Tubman shawl, largely because it totally frustrates me that I cannot identify how it is made. So, I am spending way too much time thinking about it, while not doing things I ought to be doing. Although it is not my practice to invest too much credence in juvenile literature, there is a book entitled Harriet Tubman: Freedom Bound, by Janet Benge and Jeff Benge. Amazon is kind enough to let me read p. 189, where it says: In 1897 Harriet received a surprise parcel from England. The postman read aloud to her the letter that accompanied the package. The letter was from Queen Victoria of Great Britain, who wrote that she had read Sarah Bradford's book and wanted to honor Harriet with her Diamond Jubilee Medal and an invitation to visit her at the palace in London. Harriet was seventy-seven years old by now and thought she was too old for the trip, although she appreciated the invitation. The parcel also contained a beautiful black silk shawl, which Harriet placed around her shoulders and seldom took off. Regrettably the Benge's do not provide a source for this shawl description. The description of Victoria gifting a black silk shawl to Tubman also appears on a Canadian History site _http://www.doubledeckerbuses.org/pastyme/index.php/2007/03/16/harriet_tubman_davis#comments_ (http://www.doubledeckerbuses.org/pastyme/index.php/2007/03/16/harriet_tubman_davis#comments) , and some essay site _http://www.essaygalaxy.com/search.cgi?query=t%20s%20eliot&start=8210_ (http://www.essaygalaxy.com/search.cgi?query=t%20s%20eliot&start=8210) . Of course, these could all be based on some erroneous bit of information or on each other. None of these cites a source. Devon
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