Extraordinary moment a former slave from Liberia gives a quilt to Queen Victoria in 1892
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In July 2017, a BBC documentary was aired featuring Beryl Dennis of the U.S. who was in search of a lost quilt made for British Queen Victoria by Dennis’ ancestor Martha Ann Erskine Ricks, a popular Liberian needlewoman in the 1890s. Extraordinary moment a former slave from Liberia gives a quilt to Queen Victoria in...