{"product_id":"9781541605312-tangled-fortunes","title":"Tangled Fortunes","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Hidden History of Interracial Marriage in the Segregated South\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA history of Southern segregationists' long war against interracial relationships, and the 150-year fight to restore the freedom to love, marry, and inherit\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA history of Southern segregationists' long war against interracial relationships, and the century-long fight to restore the freedom to love, marry, and inherit\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInterracial marriage was already illegal in some of the American colonies as early as the 1690s. But long before the Supreme Court declared that interracial couples had the right to marry in 1967, these families were far from rare. It took decades of hard work by Southern lawmakers and judges to create the illusion that they were, as \u003ci\u003eTangled Fortunes\u003c\/i\u003e reveals in this new history of the rise and fall of the domestic color line. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTangled Fortunes\u003c\/i\u003e, historian Kathryn Schumaker narrates how the prohibition of interracial marriage became a priority for white supremacist lawmakers. To prevent white wealth falling into Black hands, they papered over the reality of interracial relationships, steered inheritances away from those who did not pass as white, and hardened the lines of racist exclusion. But they could neither erase the region's longer history of interracial relationships nor suppress the inheritance claims of biracial descendants dating back to the era of slavery. \u003ci\u003eTangled Fortunes\u003c\/i\u003e sheds new light on the ways that interracial families overcame racist laws, uncovered closely kept Southern secrets, and battled to reclaim Black wealth-a fight that continues to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41801818472545,"sku":"9781541605312","price":25.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29938106.jpg?v=1740504539","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781541605312-tangled-fortunes","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}