A murder in Virginia : Southern justice on trial
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0393042014
ISBN 13
9780393042016
DDC
364.15
Category
American Law
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Publication Year
2003
Publisher
Pages
442
Subject
Slavery and Civil Rights
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Abstract
"Recounts the events surrounding the dramatic post-Civil War trial of a young African American sawmill hand who was accused of ax murdering a white woman on her Virginia farmyard and who implicated three other women in the crime." - Voila
Description
Content:
Murder most brutal -- Chase City -- Flight -- Independence Day -- Solomon on trial -- Quick work -- The prince of liars -- Mirabile Marable -- The rise of Edward Pollard -- The thirteenth juror -- Taking sides -- Baptisms -- White-man stories -- Nunc pro tunc -- New life -- A gone case -- Egg-sucking dog -- Tracks -- One shall be taken -- Messages -- Solomon's body -- Common sense -- The pitcher to the well -- Who killed Lucy Pollard?
Murder most brutal -- Chase City -- Flight -- Independence Day -- Solomon on trial -- Quick work -- The prince of liars -- Mirabile Marable -- The rise of Edward Pollard -- The thirteenth juror -- Taking sides -- Baptisms -- White-man stories -- Nunc pro tunc -- New life -- A gone case -- Egg-sucking dog -- Tracks -- One shall be taken -- Messages -- Solomon's body -- Common sense -- The pitcher to the well -- Who killed Lucy Pollard?
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Number of Copies
1
