Question

The American quilt artist Deborah Coates used simple motifs to create patterns that implied "freedom," because her work was dedicated to freeing slaves. What was the specific quilt motif that she used?

Answer 1

Answer: Silk quilt motif

Explanation:

Deborah Coates's silk quilt featured an image on a central triangle, an African man in chains kneeling under the words: "Deliver me from the oppression of man." The kneeling slave was a common symbol for the abolitionist movement, originating in England where Josiah Wedgewood manufactured small blue and white medallions in his china works.

There is no doubt that she meant to make a statement. The Coates farm in Lancaster County on the northern border of Maryland was one of the many Pennsylvania links in the chain to freedom in Canada.

Answer 2

Answer:

Birds in the air

Explanation:

Deborah Coates was an Abolitionist (an activist demanding the end of slavery). In order to depict what freedom is , she uses birds in the hair to denote how how free they are and how free every human should be.