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Forbidden fruit : love stories from the Underground Railroad / Betty DeRamus.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- DeRamus, Betty.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Underground Railroad--Anecdotes.
- Underground Railroad.
- Fugitive slaves--United States--Biography--Anecdotes.
- Fugitive slaves.
- Couples--United States--Biography--Anecdotes.
- Couples.
- Love--United States--History--19th century--Anecdotes.
- Love.
- African Americans--Biography--Anecdotes.
- African Americans.
- White people--United States--Biography--Anecdotes.
- White people.
- Race relations.
- African Americans--Biography.
- History.
- United States--Race relations--Anecdotes.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Anecdotes.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Atria Books, 2005.
- Summary:
- Gleaned by Pulitzer Prize finalist Betty de Ramus from unpublished memoirs, Civil War records, and from descendants of runaway slave couples, "Forbidden Fruit "is a fascinating collection of true and largely untold stories from the Underground Railroad.
- Notes:
- "Slave couples who ran away together, a white woman who escaped with her slaves and an Underground Railroad that sometimes ran in reverse."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-257) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0743482638
- OCLC:
- 57186345
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