{"product_id":"forbidden-fruit-love-stories-from-the-underground-railroad","title":"Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eForbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eBetty DeRamus\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780743482646\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eAtria\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2005\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e288\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eForbidden Fruit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a collection of fascinating, largely untold tales of ordinary men and women who faced mobs, bloodhounds, bounty hunters, and bullets to be together\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand defy a system that categorized blacks not only as servants, but as property.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the true love stories of \u003ci\u003eForbidden Fruit\u003c\/i\u003e, you will meet sixteen couples who fought for love--love between slaves, between slaves and masters, and between slaves and free black folks. There is the fugitive slave from Virginia who spends seventeen years searching for his wife. A Georgia slave couple that sails for England with federal troops trailing behind. A white woman who falls in love with her deceased husband's slave. A young slave girl who is delivered to her fiancé inside a wooden chest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcclaimed journalist Betty DeRamus gleaned these anecdotes from descendants of runaway slave couples, unpublished memoirs, Civil War records, census data, magazines, and dozens of previously untapped sources. This is a book about people pursuing love and achievement in a time of hate and severely limited opportunities. Though not all of the stories in \u003ci\u003eForbidden Fruit\u003c\/i\u003e end in triumph, they all celebrate hope, passion, courage, and triumph of the human spirit.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Atria","offers":[{"title":"Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad | Betty DeRamus | Paperback | 9780743482646 | Used: Like New | American History 1724157","offer_id":48864232800408,"sku":"1724157","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81LxoGjA-rL.jpg?v=1775848019","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/forbidden-fruit-love-stories-from-the-underground-railroad","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}