{"product_id":"9780199886975","title":"'Til Death Or Distance Do Us Part: Love and Marriage in African America","description":"Conventional wisdom tells us that marriage was illegal for African Americans during the antebellum era, and that if people married at all, their vows were tenuous ones: \"until death or distance do us part.\" It is an impression that imbues beliefs about black families to this day. But it's a perception primarily based on documents produced by abolitionists, the state, or other partisans. It doesn't tell the whole story.  Drawing on a trove of less well-known sources including family histories, folk stories, memoirs, sermons, and especially the fascinating writings from the Afro-Protestant Press,\u003cem\u003e'Til Death or Distance Do Us Part\u003c\/em\u003e offers a radically different perspective on antebellum love and family life.  Frances Smith Foster applies the knowledge she's developed over a lifetime of reading and thinking. Advocating both the potency of skepticism and the importance of story-telling, her book shows the way toward a more genuine, more affirmative understanding of African American romance, both then and now.","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120153280752,"sku":"9780199886975","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780199886975_p0.jpg?v=1763673434","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780199886975","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}