Martha Ann is twelve years old when Papa finally saves enough money to purchase her freedom from slavery. In 1830, the family leaves East Tennessee to begin a new life in Liberia. On market
days, Martha Ann watches the British navy patrolling the Liberian coast to stop slave catchers from kidnapping her family and friends and forcing them back to slavery. Martha Ann decides to
thank Queen Victoria in person for sending the navy. But first, she must determine how to make the 3,500-mile voyage to England, find a suitable gift for the Queen, and withstand the ridicule
of family and friends who learn of her impossible dream.Martha Ann's Quilt for Queen Victoria is the true story of Martha Ann Hicks, an ex-slave who spent fifty years saving spare coins to
fulfill her dream of meeting the Queen of England.
