Molly had broken colonial law by marrying a black man.

VOA: special.2010.11.20

And if you have women marrying off into other families, and then they leave the household of their fathers, and they are officially and legally in a household with somebody else, that may end up increasing those households that have intermarriage coming in and not so much intermarriage going out.

如果女子出嫁，就离开父亲家户，法律上正式加入丈夫家户，那么最终有通婚娶入的家户,会逐渐壮大,通婚嫁出的会逐渐减小。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

The Ptolemies were famous for marrying within their family.

VOA: special.2011.02.16