title: Murder at Montpelier: Igbo Africans in Virginia
author:  Douglas B. Chambers 
description: The story of the poisoning of President James Madison's grandfather and the solidarity of a slave community's traditions
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  In ole Virginia
  
  
  [NOTE](In%20ole%20Virginia%2c%20or%2c%20Marse%20Chan_split_001.html#filepos2238)
  
  [MARSE
  CHAN.](In%20ole%20Virginia%2c%20or%2c%20Marse%20Chan_split_001.html#filepos3428)
  
  [“UNC' EDINBURG'S
  DROWNDIN'.”](In%20ole%20Virginia%2c%20or%2c%20Marse%20Chan_split_001.html#filepos59987)
  
  [MEH LADY: A STORY OF THE
  WAR.](In%20ole%20Virginia%2c%20or%2c%20Marse%20Chan_split_002.html#filepos119008)
  
  [OLE
  'STRACTED.](In%20ole%20Virginia%2c%20or%2c%20Marse%20Chan_split_002.html#filepos211671)
  
  [“NO HAID
  PAWN.”](In%20ole%20Virginia%2c%20or%2c%20Marse%20Chan_split_003.html#filepos244545)
  
  [POLLY.](In%20ole%20Virginia%2c%20or%2c%20Marse%20Chan_split_003.html#filepos280685)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # In ole Virginia, or, Marse Chan and other stories
  
  
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  * NOTE
  
  
  * MARSE CHAN.
  
  
  * “UNC' EDINBURG'S DROWNDIN'.”
  
  
  * [MEH LADY: A STORY OF THE WAR.](In