The following is interesting reading
http://historiccamdencounty.com/ccnews11.shtml
I would be upset if the schools taught myth as hstory.
I once visited the Underground RR Quilt Museum in Atlanta and saw the sampler quilt the grand daughter of the original story teller showed and lectured about. It was especially interesting that two blocks that were not "invented" until the 1930's were part of the quilt especially Sun Bonnet Sue.