The Underground Railroad may or may not have used quilts to help enslaved people. To begin, Ozella McDaniel Williams's Grandmother may have quilted the quilts. Ozella carried the story of quilts until the time of her death in 1998. The myth was passed down in her oral history from 1830 to 1994. Ozella knew about ten quilt patterns, which included the Bear Paw, Crossroads, and the Star. There were quilt patterns “like Log Cabins, Monkey Wrenches, and Wagon Wheels” (Content.Time.com). On the other hand, the argument is still undecided. There’s a lot of evidence that the family legend, turned myth is true. There were messages encoded within the quilts, for example the Star meant follow the North Star and the Bear Paw means food and water are close. Last but not least, the quilts would have had to be very secret. The quilt could have been given out at gatherings and or church services. After they were quilted, the quilts would be hung in people's windows or doors. The quilts of the Underground Railroad could possibly have been used, but research is inconclusive.

Quilt patterns and traveling systems might have helped make the Underground Railroad successful, but who knows? The Underground Railroad helped over 100,000 enslaved people to freedom in America and Canada. Without the help of conductors like Harriet Tubman and station masters like Thomas Garrett, the railroad may not have worked so well. We would be in a very different world today if the Underground Railroad failed. Myths still exist today because the railroad itself was secret, so we may never know what was true and what wasn't.