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Slaves as Textile Artisans: Documentary Evidence for the Chesapeake Region

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From Uncoverings 2001, Volume 22 of the Research Papers of the American Quilt Study Group

2001

By: Allen, Gloria Seaman

Gloria Seaman Allen holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from George Washington University. Formerly director and chief curator of the Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Washington, DC, she is now an independent historian and an exhibition consultant special­izing in the material culture and social history of the Chesapeake re­gion. She lives on the Eastern Shore of Maryland with her panoramic view of the Chesapeake Bay, her cats and dogs, and her indigo and white quilts.

​When AQSG added Uncoverings articles to the Quilt Index, they omitted all the illustrations, for lack of permissions. Although the articles found in the QI (1980-2010, 2012-2016) lack illustrations, they link to quilts, essays, special collections, and documentation projects across the Quilt Index, introducing them to a wider audience. The permission issues have since been resolved and in 2024, AQSG completed adding all the Uncovering volumes from 1980-2023 to the Digital Commons@University of Nebraska-Lincoln. They are completely searchable and include all the illustrations. You can find, Uncoverings 2001, Volume 22, at this link, https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/aqsg-uncoverings/39/.