Events from history
as depicted by the African American woman Harriet Powers in her pictorial quilt. (More about Ms. Powers here: www.georgiawomen.org/2010/10/powers-harriet/ )
Descriptions are likely by Harriet Powers herself, words in ( ) added by me.
Top Left:
"The dark day of May 19, 1780. The seven stars were seen 12 noon in the day. The cattle all went to bed, chickens to roost, and the trumpet was blown. The sun went off to a small spot and then to darkness." (Interesting info about the date here: www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/05/dayintech_... )
Top right:
"The falling of the stars on Nov. 13, 1833. The people were frightened and thought that the end of time had come. God's hand stayed the stars. The varmints rushed out of their beds." (This refers to the Leonid meteor shower of 1833.)
Bottom left:
"Cold Thursday, 10 of Feb. 1895. A woman frozen while at prayer. A woman frozen at a gateway. A man with a sack of meal frozen. Icicles formed from the breath of a mule. All blue birds killed. A man frozen at a jug of liquor." (Temperatures were below zero in Athens, Georgia, that day!)
Bottom right:
"The red light night of 1846. A man tolling the bell to notify the people of the wonder. Women, children and fowls frightened, but God's merciful hand caused no harm to them." ("This probably refers to the meteor showers that occurred on Aug. 10 and 11 that year, which seemed to set the sky aflame." from: books.google.com/books?id=kGTqWTfN1ecC&pg=PA72&lp... )
Events from history
as depicted by the African American woman Harriet Powers in her pictorial quilt. (More about Ms. Powers here: www.georgiawomen.org/2010/10/powers-harriet/ )
Descriptions are likely by Harriet Powers herself, words in ( ) added by me.
Top Left:
"The dark day of May 19, 1780. The seven stars were seen 12 noon in the day. The cattle all went to bed, chickens to roost, and the trumpet was blown. The sun went off to a small spot and then to darkness." (Interesting info about the date here: www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/05/dayintech_... )
Top right:
"The falling of the stars on Nov. 13, 1833. The people were frightened and thought that the end of time had come. God's hand stayed the stars. The varmints rushed out of their beds." (This refers to the Leonid meteor shower of 1833.)
Bottom left:
"Cold Thursday, 10 of Feb. 1895. A woman frozen while at prayer. A woman frozen at a gateway. A man with a sack of meal frozen. Icicles formed from the breath of a mule. All blue birds killed. A man frozen at a jug of liquor." (Temperatures were below zero in Athens, Georgia, that day!)
Bottom right:
"The red light night of 1846. A man tolling the bell to notify the people of the wonder. Women, children and fowls frightened, but God's merciful hand caused no harm to them." ("This probably refers to the meteor showers that occurred on Aug. 10 and 11 that year, which seemed to set the sky aflame." from: books.google.com/books?id=kGTqWTfN1ecC&pg=PA72&lp... )