Mrs.
Hummel is pointing out specific quilt patterns. Chaz's favorite
was
the "crossroad" pattern.
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Mrs. Melvin is
helping Mrs. Hummel share one of the quilts from her collection.
Malcolm's favorite pattern was the "wagon wheel".
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Mrs.
Hummel
with Malcolm and Chaz. The boys visited Mrs. Hummel for their
mini field trip to learn more about quilts, especially freedom quilts.
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Malcolm
and
Chaz shared their knowledge of freedom quilts with the group.
Chaz remembered that the "drunkard's path," quilt pattern, communicated
to the escaped slaves to split up so the slave hunters could not track
them.
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