{"product_id":"9780743482646","title":"Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eForbidden Fruit\u003c\/i\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 — and defy a system that categorized blacks not only as servants, but as property. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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journalist Betty DeRamus gleaned these anecdotes from descendants of runaway slave couples, unpublished memoirs, Civil War records, census data, magazines, and dozens of previously untapped sources.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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48357499994352,"sku":"9780743482646","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780743482646_p0.jpg?v=1764628856","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780743482646","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}