Forbidden fruit : love stories from the Underground Railroad

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  • Author: DeRamus, Betty
    Contributor:

    Free, , Kevin R.

    ,

    Snow, Cherene

    ,

    Early, Michael

    ,

    Drayton, Bernadette

    ,

    Cooper-Davis, Lizzy

    ,

    Miller, Yusef

    Summary:

    Despite the risks, some American slaves partook of the "forbidden fruit" of marriage. And when the dreaded separation inevitably occurred, slave spouses deeply felt a sorrowful anguish and sometimes made Herculean efforts to re-unite. DeRamus recounts these tales of soul mates who braved bloodhounds, bounty hunters, and bullets to preserve their vows of love.

    Contents:
    • Book I, The Rebels. Love in a time of hate
    • A love worth waiting for
    • Special delivery package
    • Man who couldn't grow a beard
    • Even a blind horse knows the way
    • Slave who knew his name
    • Footprints in the snow
    • Chased by wolves
    • Woman on John Little's back
    • Angeline's blues
    • Book II, Crossing the color line. Suspicious lynchings
    • Passing white
    • Passing for black
    • Mixed marriages in deadly times: a chronology
    • Hound dogs hate red pepper
    • Schoolteacher had to duck dead cats
    • Book III, Free at last. Guns and pickles.
    Genre: History
    Subject(s): History
    Original Publisher: Prince Frederick, Md. , [Prince Frederick, Md.] , Recorded Books , [Distributed by] OneClick Digital
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9781449893668

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DC Contributor

Free, , Kevin R.

Snow, Cherene

Early, Michael

Drayton, Bernadette

Cooper-Davis, Lizzy

Miller, Yusef

Abstract

Despite the risks, some American slaves partook of the "forbidden fruit" of marriage. And when the dreaded separation inevitably occurred, slave spouses deeply felt a sorrowful anguish and sometimes made Herculean efforts to re-unite. DeRamus recounts these tales of soul mates who braved bloodhounds, bounty hunters, and bullets to preserve their vows of love.

Genre
History
Subject
History
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Prince Frederick, Md.

[Prince Frederick, Md.]

Recorded Books

[Distributed by] OneClick Digital

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