By

Lauren Kapes

SHOW WAY

Author: Jacqueline WoodsonIllustrator: Hudson Talbott

Quilts with secret meanings that are maps to … freedom

‘Show Ways’

“each generation passes on to the next the belief that there is a road to a better place”

About the author …Jacqueline Woodson

• Based on family history• 7 generations girls & women

Quilters/Artists/Freedom Fighters• Wanted a ‘Show Way’ for her daughter

What were some of those roads to freedom?

When Soonie’s great-grandma was seven

She was sold from her family … as a slave

Big Mama

Made ‘Show Way” quiltshelping slaves find freedom

Those quilts were very special, leading slaves to freedom

Underground railroad….

One generation after the next continued with the ‘Show Way”

Soonie was born and her mom said, “There’s a road, girl. There’s a road …”

The slaves were freed

Still they worked very hard

Soonie sewed the quiltsselling them for money

and started her own family ……..

There was still a road yet to go …

Caroline & Ann had ‘Show Way’ patches pinned inside their dresses that helped them

be less scared with their road

There’s a road, girl. There’s a road.We will always remember

Interested in learning more about the underground railroad?

Questions?