Clara, a resourceful young slave girl, creates a patchwork quilt that--unknown to the white masters of her plantation--serves as a map of the land that points the way to freedom along the Underground Railroad
A young slave stitches a quilt with a map pattern which guides her to freedom in the North.
2013 marks the 20th anniversary of Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt!As a seamstress in the Big House, Clara dreams of a reunion with her Momma, who lives on another plantation--and even of running away to freedom. Then she overhears two slaves talking about the Underground Railroad. In a flash of inspiration, Clara sees how she can use the cloth in her scrap bag to make a map of the land--a freedom quilt--that no master will ever suspect.