Not to get too far off topic, but a lot of martial training
among captive and oppressed peoples has been hidden in innocent
seeming activities. Capoeira is the most famous. Players would
switch from fighting to what appeared to be dance to outsiders
depending on the situation - e.g. if the authorit
There are those who do not believe any of it is true.
There is such a thing as "folkloric truth" -- this was "what should be true,
whether it was documentable fact or not".
This is "story-truth" versus "happening-truth." Story-truth is
somewhat akin to Wilgus and/or Hand's "folkloric truth."
The
> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/02/0205_040205_slavequilts.html
>
> CCH
IRA award, Reading Rainbow Book : Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
by D.Hopkinson
Childrens Book of the Month Selection. Published 1993
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"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."
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