Frequently, the parent’s bed was beside the fireplace, just as it is here. This bright quilt, made by Ms. Catherine, was the kind that she and her friends made when she lived here.
Note: More information available from Amelia Wallace Vernon, African Americans at Mars Bluff, South Carolina (Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University, 1993. Reprint. Columbia: University of South Carolina, 1995), pp. 56, 59, 60.
Copyright Amelia Wallace Vernon. All rights reserved, 1999.
