Buy this book on-line Lebsock, Suzanne : A Murder in Virginia Southern Justice on TrialW. W. Norton & Company, 2003 ISBN 0393042014
1.41 x 9.46 x 6.44 Inches; 384 pages; Lucy Pollard is dead. Four black people are arrested. Will they escape with their lives? It's 1895 in Virginia, and a white woman lies in her farmyard, murdered with an ax. Suspicion soon falls on a young black sawmill hand, who tries to flee the county. Captured, he implicates three women, accusing them of plotting the murder and wielding the ax. In vivid courtroom scenes, Bancroft Prize-winning historian Suzanne Lebsock recounts their dramatic trials and brings us close to women we would never otherwise know: a devout (and pregnant) mother of nine; another hard-working mother (also of nine); and her plucky, quick-tempered daughter. All claim to be innocent. With the danger of lynching high, can they get justice? Lebsock takes us deep into this contentious, often surprising world, where blacks struggle to hold on to their post-Civil War gains against a rising tide of white privilege. A sensation in its own time, this case offers the modern reader a riveting encounter with a South in the throes of change. 15 b/w illustrations., Very Good in Very Good dust jacket Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Lebsock, Suzanne : A Murder in Virginia Southern Justice on Trial. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including antiquarian books, livres illustrées, libri rari, collectables and libri antichi. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |