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Lest We Forget (Challenge Quilt). Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3T43WZC
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Lest We Forget (Challenge Quilt). 2016. RUcore: https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3T43WZC

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TitleLest We Forget (Challenge Quilt)
NameGikandi, Juandamarie (Creator), Jacobs, Peter (Photographer), Montclair History Center, Nubian Heritage Quilters Guild
Date Created2016
SubjectAfrican descent, Female, African descent, Female, Modern Design,Innovative/Original Design, Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, commercial dyed Indonesian batiks, black Kona cotton, Robert Kaufman City Chic (newsprint fabric), cotton thread, cotton batting, United States, New Jersey, Mercer, Princeton (N.J.)
DescriptionThis quilt was inspired by the book Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery and the Troubled History of American Universities by Craig Steven Wyler. As a young woman growing up in Medford, Massachusetts, I visited several historical sites. It wasn't until I became an adult that I realized the servants quarters in many of these old historical houses were actually the quarters of enslaved Africans. It took me many years to comprehend the depth and scope of the transatlantic slave trade and the complicity of northerners in maintaining and perpetuating the trade to serve their own commercial interests. The quilt is a mnemonic piece dedicated to my ancestors who were stolen from their families and homes, brought to the United States, and literally built this great country.
Genrequilts
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3T43WZC
CollectionCommon Heritage: Uncommon Quilts
Organization NameMontclair History Center
RightsIn Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-NC/1.0/
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