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==Modern history of marriage law==

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*1724 - blacks, with permission of their slave owner, given the right to marry (formerly only whites could legally marry)

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*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

*1899 - polygamy outlawed

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