Owen Sound's Black History Cairn commemorates the flight of slaves and the signposts that directed them north. The window symbolizes both the bars of prison and the hope seen through a church window. The rocks in the base were donated by various southern states and towns. The floor shows quilt patterns that silently warned, informed and guided the fugitives (often illiterate) along the "underground railroad" to a new life in Canada. These quilts were hung on clotheslines or in windows, hidden in plain sight!
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