American Lindy Hop Championships - Quilt-maker Harriet Powers was an African-American slave & folk artist, from rural Georgia. Her beautiful quilts were like wall hangings from a country in Africa called Benin.
Harriet Powers (1837-1910): Recollocations Of The Bible Quilt And The Pictorial Quilt: True Story Of Quilts Artwork (Paperback) | Murder By The Book
The enduring significance of Harriet Powers' quilts - Artstor