"This index contains an alphabetical listing of brides and grooms from three sources of information: Marriage & bond books #1-14 of Probate records of Mobile County; Index to marriages, 1813-1855, direct and indirect; Appendix Z-1, Peter J. Hamilton, Colonial Mobile (1910 ed.)."--Foreword.

Deceit, compromise, and betrayal were the painful costs of becoming American for many families. For people of Indian, African, and European descent living in the newly formed United States, the most personal and emotional choices--to honor a friendship or pursue an intimate relationship--were often necessarily guided by the harsh economic realities imposed by the country's racial hierarchy. Few families in American history embody this struggle to...