during the Transatlantic slave trade, an African King from Guinea Bissau who was captured by the Portuguese, Benkos Bioho, was said to have created a means of sending messages and drawing maps for escape with the use of tightly woven cornrows on women's hair.
They mapped out their escape routes and sent signals as well as cryptic messages with different woven hairstyles.
They also hid gold and seeds in the cornrows, which helped them survive for a period of time when they escaped.
when they wanted to escape, women will weave their hair in a style called departes and it was tied with a bun on their head while curved cornrows showed the routes they will take to escape.
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