Official UGRR Secret Quilt Code SiteHome of the Farrow-McDaniel-Strother Family's Official UGRR Secret Quilt Code Site
Tenk hunnuh fa contactin wi
(Gullah/Geechie way to say, "Thank you for contacting us glad you stopped by to visit.")
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Did You Know that quilts were used as maps & messages to assist in American
Slave escapes on the Underground Railroad? 
The Underground Railroad (UGRR) Secret Quilt Code were African patterns and symbols sewn into quilts displayed at historic UGRR /safe houses/stations that were one of many methods of escape (we have documented over 36) used by enslaved Africans who wanted freedom. These African textile or symbolic languages used as maps, coded messages, along with songs were used by my ancestors, "Conductors" to convey information that assisted enslaved people from the Southeastern United States to free areas on the Underground Railroad.
Wagon Wheel Quilt Block 
These languages are still spoken and some understood today. We have enlisted the assistance of multinational experts to assist in documenting and educating the quilting and historical communities that are truly interested in the truth. If there are signs posted on businesses in your community, they are not trying to be secretive! You may not speak the language. Our ancestor, Rev. Peter Farrow Sr. was Igbo and a blacksmith from Awka in Anambra State, Nigeria. His wife Eliza was from Dahomey now the Republic of Benin. She was a seamstress, midwife and country healer using herbs and cures to pull her patients through. They are named in two of their owners Glynn County, Georgia plantation wills and slave valuements from 1844 to 1858.
We have documented or families' oral history and are honored to share it with you. It has not usually been taught in America that the kidnapped Africans had skills, tribal and trading languages when they arrived. In America, they are called the Gullah-Geechee of coastal Georgia, South Carolina, Flordia since they continued their tribal traditions and passed them down through generations to us.
Variation Bear Paw Trail Quilt Pattern
So did many other cultures of people who were enslaved in America and around the world. Every country has experienced the evils of slavery, with the exceptions of Switzerland and Ethiopia have never been colonized but individuals have been taken and enslaved.
Slavery "Human Trafficking" still exist in the USA and throughout the world today! There still is an Underground Railroad and we will be linking this site to other organizations still fighting slavery called Human Trafficking today.
Atlanta, GA where I live has been identified as a major hub for Human Trafficking! I will add updats the site weekly to assist victims, NGO assisting victims and researchers. Visit these updated pages and new links!
Polaris Project for a World without slavery (victim information, resources, reporting violators)
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center - Human Trafficking/ Slavery Today
United Nation's Chronicle Slavery in the 21st Century
Flying Geese Quilt Block
The Underground Railroad had no trains, no tracks nor was it underground. It was a series of farms, churches and business that served as stations for individuals or societies called "Conductors" to secretly move enslaved people to non-slave holding or safe areas.
Some conductors never lost a passenger. 
There are "super stars" (3-4 whose names you all know) of the UGRR that wrote, documented their activity, stops and routes. Some of what we are calling European or American quilt patterns are actually languages used by past (prior to 1310 BC) and current African tribes.
Our families mission is to continue the legacy of working to educate, research, document and commemorate the Farrows and thousands of men and women who overcame fear by faith, risked property, freedom, family and their lives to be "Good Samaritans" by assisting enslaved people to freedom. For many reasons, the majority have been omitted like our family in South Carolina, Georgia, American and World history.
Slavery has been documented worldwide for centuries and still continues today!
13th Century Yemen Slave Market is in the photo below
In Ohio, there are over 600 UGRR stations documented and on the National Registry of Historic Places. We are members of the "Friends of Freedom Society" Ohio's Underground Railroad Association who continue documenting, commemorating and researching the lives of people who names and faces you do not know.
In GA, there are only documented two sites, no homes of individuals and other than our family, no names of individuals that assisted. Through our research we have found 4 other UGRR sites. Alabama had none and we have now found two Jewish abolitionist! We are dedicated and determined to find and document more. We believe our site will encourage you to begin or continue researching your community and your family and write about your journey!
There are many websites with mis-information that we have visited. We focus on the people following the "Golden Rule", free Blacks and thousands of people of more than 20 different faiths who risked all to aid "Freedom Seekers".
Bow Tie Qilt Pattern Variation
You know all of the cruel acts done by people that historically made the news and sold books. Here you can find "the rest of the story". You can research topics and if you do not find the answers -- Contact Us by clicking the tab at the left.
Ask questions and we will do our best to provide information regarding the truth about the UGRR, abolitionist and the UGRR Secret Quilt Code.
The Gullah Geechie cultures have survived very differently than other cultures in America each is very important. Our family is a diverse blend and would like to remain very private but we also have an mandate to educate others so they also learn to Forgive! Blooming where planted is all dependant on your neighbors not pulling your roots up. We have chosen education as the bridge to understanding.
We have a FQA (Frequently Asked Questions Section) where we will try to answer many of the questions we have encountered. We are currently in the process of applying for UGRR National Park Service "Network to Freedom" for our programs, traveling exhibits and a new home for the museum facility. Much of our documentation with photos will become public at that point.
Here will be a high level overview of the Farrow Line as I currently have it from the 2 senior members of the Farrow and McDaniel's families. I will be adding birth, marriage, death dates and photos.
Coming soon .... you will find the following information and much more at this site:
For additional accurate information on the Gullah/Geechee Nation,
go to www.gullahgeechee.net and www.officialgullahgeechee.info
Hunnuh mus tek cyare de root fa heal de tree!
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