{"product_id":"til-death-or-distance-do-us-part-1","title":"'Til Death Or Distance Do Us Part","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.\n\nDrawing 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,'Til Death or Distance Do Us Part offers a radically different perspective on antebellum love and family life.\n\nFrances 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 Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54253409108312,"sku":"9780199389704","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780199389704_f60a250f-2435-4cd3-b1d9-4d19e9d44d7a.jpg?v=1753462835","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/til-death-or-distance-do-us-part-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}