Describes how African Americans made coded quilts and how they used them to escape on the underground railroad.

The transmission of secrets in African-American culture / Cuesta Benberry -- The fabric of heritage : Africa and African American quiltmaking -- The underground railroad -- There are five square knots -- The monkey wrench turns the wagon wheel -- Once they got to the crossroads -- Flying geese stay on the drunkard's path -- Steal away -- African American quilts : styles and traditions -- Timeline -- Ozella's underground railroad quilt code patterns.