A Murder in Virginia: Southern Justice on Trial

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A Murder in Virginia: Southern Justice on Trial
Author Suzanne Lebsock
Cover artist Chin-Yee Lai
Country United States
Language English
Publisher W. W. Norton
Publication date 2003
Pages 442
ISBN 0-393-32606-3

A Murder in Virginia: Southern Justice on Trial is a book by Suzanne Lebsock detailing the cases surrounding the murder of Lucy Pollard in 1895 in Lunenburg County, Virginia.

It won the 2004 Parkman Prize. Published in 2003, it is the story of three African-American women who in 1895 were accused of ax-murdering a white woman[1].

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  1. ^ OAH Lecturer | Suzanne Lebsock