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Forbidden fruit : love stories from the Underground Railroad / Betty DeRamus.

Van Pelt Library E450 .D47 2005
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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Gleaned by Pulitzer Prize finalist Betty de Ramus from unpublished memoirs, Civil War records, and from descendants of runaway slave couples, "Forbidden Fruit "is a fascinating collection of true and largely untold stories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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