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SUMMARY:RESCHEDULED: Connie Martin Presents: Pre-Civil War Quilts: Sec
ret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad
LOCATION:Hayner Library\, 132 Alton Square\, Alton\, IL 62002
DESCRIPTION:Hayner Library at Alton Square Mall Performance Room (Uppe
r Level)\n\nTuesday\, December 15\, 2026\, 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.\n\nJo
in Connie Martin as she tells the stories passed down to her great-gra
ndmother\, Lizzie\, of how her family survived the antebellum period t
hrough trials and tribulations\, and how they used quilts that contain
ed hidden codes and secret messages to assist abolitionists\, white an
d Black\, in guiding enslaved people to freedom through the Undergroun
d Railroad to Canada.\n\nDuring this presentation\, Martin shares eigh
teen different quilt patterns in replica quilts and refers to a book h
er mother\, Dr. Clarice Boswell\, wrote about their family called Lizz
ie’s Story: A Slave Family’s Journey to Freedom. Martin tells the hist
ory of the Underground Railroad\, safe routes\, and shares the history
of key abolitionists that have been passed down to her\, a sixth-gene
ration descendant of captured enslaved Africans forced into slavery in
America.\n\nConnie Martin earned a Bachelor of Arts from Illinois Sta
te University and a Master of Arts degree from Aurora University. A re
tired middle school language arts teacher of thirty-two years\, she ho
nored Black History every February by teaching African American famous
firsts and honoring those individuals who contributed to improving li
fe for all people. Martin has been on the roster of the Illinois Human
ities Road Scholar Speakers Council since 2021.\n\nPlease call 1-800-6
13-3163 to register for this program.\n\nEvent details: https://www.ri
verbender.com/events/details.cfm?seriesid=58016
URL:https://www.riverbender.com/events/details.cfm?seriesid=58016
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