{"product_id":"forbidden-fruit-betty-deramus-9780743482646","title":"Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad","description":"\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journalist Betty DeRamus gleaned these anecdotes from descendants of runaway slave couples, unpublished memoirs, Civil War records, census data, magazines, and dozens of previously untapped sources.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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Betty DeRamus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0743482646\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780743482646\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atria Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/27\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Betty DeRamus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981165822207,"sku":"9780743482646","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b2195643-b88f-4bae-82cc-0fb560d8aca2.jpg?v=1683254016","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/forbidden-fruit-betty-deramus-9780743482646","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}