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Pre-Civil War Quilts
Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad
Tuesday, October 28
6:30pm - 7:30pm
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2025-10-28 18:30:00
2025-10-28 19:30:00
America/Chicago
Pre-Civil War Quilts
Hoffman Estates Branch - Meeting Room
Hoffman Estates Branch
Meeting RoomConnie Martin tells stories of how her family survived the antebellum period, using quilts that contained secret messages to guide enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad to Canada. Connie shares 18 patterns in replica quilts.
This event is produced in partnership with Illinois Humanities. The Illinois Humanities Road Scholars Speakers Bureau invites Illinois authors, artists, and educators to share their expertise and enthusiasm with people throughout the state, enabling local nonprofit organizations to present free-admission cultural programs to their communities. Illinois Humanities is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities; Democracy Demands Wisdom and the Illinois General Assembly through Road Scholars, as well as by contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations.
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Hoffman Estates Branch
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The Schaumburg Township District Library serves in excess of 134,000 residents in portions of the municipalities Elk Grove Village, Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates, Schaumburg and Streamwood. With over 1 million visitors each year, the library circulates over 2,000,000 items annually and is the second largest public library in the state of Illinois.
