Tuesday 11 July 2017

How a former slave gave a quilt to Queen Victoria (BBC Africa)

In deze reportage van Penny Dale van de BBC Africa, zie link onderaan, wordt het verhaal van de voormalige slaaf Martha Ann Erskine Ricks verteld die haar droom in vervulling ziet gaan als zij haar zelfgemaakte quilt aan Koningin Victoria van Engeland mag geven.

This story by Penny Dale of BBC Africa, see link below, tells about how former slave Martha Ann Erskine Ricks of Liberia finally fulfils her life long dream when she can give her self-made quilt to Queen Victoria.

Quageh quilting group in Caldwell in Liberia recreated Martha Ricks' Coffee Tree quilt





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Groetjes, Hilde

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