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Virginia Historical Society: Why Is There a West Virginia?

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A short discussion of how Virginia became divided into two states. Presents a map of the counties from the census of 1860 that shows the distribution of slave ownership.

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)