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.

A Murder in Virginia: Southern Justice on Trial
AuthorSuzanne Lebsock
Cover artistChin-Yee Lai
LanguageEnglish
PublisherW. W. Norton
Publication date
2003
Publication placeUnited States
Pages442
ISBN0-393-32606-3
OCLC57213559
Sketch of Marable in 1895

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

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  1. ^ "OAH Lecturer | Suzanne Lebsock". Archived from the original on 2007-06-20. Retrieved 2007-04-14.