Episode 85

Samplers by Free, Freed, and Enslaved Schoolgirls: An Interview with Sarah Brokenborough

Sarah Brokenborough

Samplers sent to the British and Foreign School Society, now housed at Brunel University in the British and Foreign School Society (BFSS) Archive

Sampler sent to the British and Foreign School Society, now housed at Brunel University in the British and Foreign School Society (BFSS) Archive

Sampler sent to the British and Foreign School Society, now housed at Brunel University in the British and Foreign School Society (BFSS) Archive

Sampler sent to the British and Foreign School Society, now housed at Brunel University in the British and Foreign School Society (BFSS) Archive

Sampler sent to the British and Foreign School Society, now housed at Brunel University in the British and Foreign School Society (BFSS) Archive

Sampler by Rosena Misery at the New York African Free School, April 1820, New-York Historical Society

Bridget Ross’ sampler made at the Foundling Hospital, 1831, Hiscock and Shepherd Antiques

Bridget Ross’ sampler made at the Foundling Hospital, 1831, Hiscock and Shepherd Antiques

Lace-bark, Observation © James Ojascastro

Lace bark cap, before 1833, Saffron Walden Museum

Lace bark specimen, 19th century, V&A

Gee’s Bend quilts on display in “The Quilts of Gee’s Bend” exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, 21 November 2002-9 March 2003