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Author DeRamus, Betty.

Title Forbidden fruit : love stories from the Underground Railroad : slave couples who ran away together, a white woman who escaped with her slaves and an Underground Railroad that sometimes ran in reverse / Betty DeRamus.

Publisher New York : Atria Books, 2005.

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LOCATION CALL # STATUS
 AMELIA  973.7 DER     AVAILABLE
 MIAMI TOWNSHIP  973.7 DER     AVAILABLE
Edition 1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
Descript. xiv, 269 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-257) and index.
Summary A collection of true love stories from the American slavery period relates the experiences of slave, free, and black-and-white couples who risked their lives in order to be together.
Subject Underground Railroad -- Anecdotes.
Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
Couples -- United States -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
Love -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Anecdotes.
African Americans -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
White people -- United States -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
United States -- Race relations -- Anecdotes.
ISBN 0743482638
9780743482639