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.

Concepts

west virginia

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Additional Tags

west virginia secedes, history of west virginia, secession of west virginia, general historic information about west virginia, west virginia in the civil war

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Classroom Considerations

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