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→Modern history of marriage law: British law
==Modern history of marriage law==
==Modern history of marriage law==
*1724 - blacks, with permission of their slave owner, given the right to marry (formerly only whites could legally marry)
*1724 - blacks, with permission of their slave owner, given the right to marry (formerly, under [[British]] law, only whites could legally marry)
*1769 - women no longer considered property of their husbands
*1769 - women no longer considered property of their husbands
*1899 - polygamy outlawed
*1899 - polygamy outlawed