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BLACK HISTORY 365 🖤💛❤️💚 Did you know Cornrows were used to help enslaved Africans or enslaved people escape slavery? Enslaved Africans or enslaved people used cornrows to transfer information and create maps to the north. Since enslaved Africans or enslaved people were not allowed to read or write, they had to pass information through cornrows. It is believed to have originated in Colombia, South America, where Benkos Bioho, in the late 1500's came up with the idea to have women create maps a