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For a Generation not yet Born: The Louisiana Slave Revolt of 1811

Willie M. Birch2018

New Orleans Museum of Art

New Orleans Museum of Art
New Orleans, United States

This narrative quilt combines references ranging from the 1811 revolt by enslaved people outside of New Orleans, to impressions of railroad lines woven out of grass and bone, and ships on the Mississippi River meant to evoke histories of the transatlantic slave trade.

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  • Title: For a Generation not yet Born: The Louisiana Slave Revolt of 1811
  • Creator: Willie M. Birch
  • Date Created: 2018
  • Physical Dimensions: overall: 4 x 24 1/2 ft (1.2192 x 7.4676 m)
  • Rights: © Willie Birch
  • Medium: Quilted fabric, sweet grass, bones and cotton
  • Credit Line: Collection of the Artist
  • Accession Number: EL.2018.33.56
New Orleans Museum of Art

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