Quilts of Gee's Bend
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quilts-of-gee-s-bend-206-9035094
title:
Quilts of Gee's Bend
text:
The quilts of Gee's Bend are quilts created by a group of women and their ancestors who live or have lived in the isolated African-American hamlet of Gee's Bend, Alabama along the Alabama River. The quilting tradition can be dated back to the nineteenth century and endures to this day. The residents of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, are direct descendants of the enslaved people who worked the cotton plantation established in 1816 by Joseph Gee. The quilts of Gee's Bend are among the most important African
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description:
Quilting tradition of Gee's Bend, Alabama
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quilts_of_Gee%27s_Bend
date created:
2007-10-05T12:32:47Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T17:48:16Z
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13
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