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→Modern history of marriage law
*1724 - blacks, with permission of their slave owner, given the right to marry (formerly, under [[British]] law, 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 in the US
*1967 - interracial marriage legalized
*1967 - interracial marriage legalized in all states
*1981 - men no longer seen as the sole owners of all marital property
*1981 - rise of community property laws as men no longer seen as the sole owners of all marital assets
==Attacks on the institution of marriage==
==Attacks on the institution of marriage==