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A Murder in Virginia: Southern Justice on Trial
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A Murder in Virginia: Southern Justice on Trial Paperback - 2004

by Suzanne Lebsock

This story probes the dramatic 1895 trials of four black people arrested after a white woman was murdered with an ax. In vivid courtroom scenes, Bancroft Prize-winning historian Lebsock offers the modern reader a riveting encounter with a South in the throes of change.


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At most hours of the day the southwest corner of Lunenburg County offered nothing special to the eye.

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  • Title A Murder in Virginia: Southern Justice on Trial
  • Author Suzanne Lebsock
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 442
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, U.S.A.
  • Date 2004-09-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780393326062 / 0393326063
  • Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.4 x 1 in (20.83 x 13.72 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Cultural Region: South
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Geographic Orientation: Virginia
  • Library of Congress subjects Murder - Virginia - Lunenburg County, Trials (Murder) - Virginia - Lunenburg County
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002015946
  • Dewey Decimal Code 364.152

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  • Qbr the Black Book Review, 01/01/2005, Page 6
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