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Forbidden Fruit : Love Stories from the Underground Railroad by Betty De Ramus (2005, Hardcover)

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Forbidden Fruitis a collection of fascinating, largely untold stories of ordinary men and women who took extraordinary measures, risking life and limb to be together. It's the story of couples who faced mobs, bloodhounds, bounty hunters, and bullets to defy the system that allowed slave masters to breed and sell people like cattle. Some broke the taboo against interracial marriage, putting their lives in the most severe peril.In one remarkable story, a Georgia couple who fled slavery wearing multiple disguises sailed for England with bounty hunters and federal troops on their trail. A fugitive slave from Virginia spent seventeen arduous years searching for his wife. A Missouri slave fell in love with his white Mormon neighbor and escaped to Canada to be with her, putting pepper in his shoes to throw dogs off the scent at night and hiding in trees by day.Betty DeRamus gleaned these amazing stories from descendants of runaway slave couples, unpublished memoirs, Civil War records, books, magazines, and dozens of previously untapped sources. Beautifully and compassionately written, this important book reveals a chapter of American history that is shameful but is about triumph as well as torture, achievement as well as degradation, and indomitable love as well as hate.

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Publisher
Atria Books
ISBN-10
0743482638
ISBN-13
9780743482639
eBay Product ID (ePID)
43117586

Product Key Features

Book Title
Forbidden Fruit : Love Stories from the Underground Railroad
Author
Betty De Ramus
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Cultural Heritage, United States / 19th Century, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), General
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages
288 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6.2in
Item Weight
15.1 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
E450.D47 2005
Reviews
"The humanity of African Americans, whether caught in the throes of bondage or fleeing captivity, is given a fresh veneer in Forbidden Fruit. With lucid and poignant prose, Betty DeRamus has tapped a heretofore unknown vein of Black culture: love stories from the Underground Railroad." -- Herb Boyd, author of We Shall Overcome and Pound for Pound, "The humanity of African Americans, whether caught in the throes of bondage or fleeing captivity, is given a fresh veneer inForbidden Fruit.With lucid and poignant prose, Betty DeRamus has tapped a heretofore unknown vein of Black culture: love stories from the Underground Railroad."-- Herb Boyd, author ofWe Shall OvercomeandPound for Pound
Table of Content
ContentsBook I: The Rebels1 Love in a Time of Hate2 A Love Worth Waiting For3 The Special Delivery Package4 The Man Who Couldn't Grow a Beard5 Even a Blind Horse Knows the Way6 The Slave Who Knew His Name7 Footprints in the Snow8 Chased by Wolves9 The Woman on John Little's Back10 Angeline's BluesBook II: Crossing the Color Line11 Suspicious Lynchings, Passing for White, Passing for Black and Mixed Marriages in Deadly Times: A Chronology12 Hound Dogs Hate Red Pepper13 The Schoolteacher Had to Duck Dead CatsBook III: Free at Last14 Guns and PicklesBibliographyIndex
Copyright Date
2005
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2004-063414
Dewey Decimal
973.7/115/0922
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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