false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176392219m/619228.jpg 619228 1 <I>Forbidden Fruit</i> is a collection of fascinating, largely untold tales of ordinary men and women who faced mobs, bloodhounds, bounty hunters, and bullets to be together -- and defy a system that categorized blacks not only as servants, but as property.<P><P>Here you'll meet, among other extraordinary characters, a 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. <P><P>Acclaimed journalist Betty DeRamus gleaned these anecdotes from descendants of runaway slave couples, unpublished memoirs, Civil War records, census data, magazines, and dozens of previously untapped sources.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 <I>Forbidden Fruit</i> end in triumph, they all celebrate hope, passion, courage, and triumph of the human spirit.<P><P> 605610 27 12 2005 Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad total:17|5:3|4:4|3:8|2:1|1:1| 17 58 36 3 4 1 false false Mon Jun 15 04:46:30 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 10:29:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 10 14:27:45 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 14:33:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Apr 18 10:52:28 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 09:04:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 21 17:58:01 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 17:58:01 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 10 14:46:42 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 14:47:46 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 23 08:38:39 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 08:38:39 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jul 20 07:19:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 07:19:00 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Jul 04 22:46:23 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 22:46:23 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 22 10:37:18 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 10:37:18 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jun 20 10:35:34 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 10:35:34 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 16 14:01:22 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 14:01:30 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Apr 29 10:29:49 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 10:29:58 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Tue Apr 21 09:06:52 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 09:06:52 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Feb 26 16:45:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 16:45:00 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Feb 23 07:46:13 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 07:46:13 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Feb 11 17:44:02 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 17:44:02 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Feb 10 08:01:15 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 08:01:15 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Feb 10 06:17:18 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 06:17:18 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jan 11 12:25:48 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 12:25:51 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jan 11 12:17:46 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 12:17:52 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=619228