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Vesnalui [34]
3 years ago
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Why did West Virginia separate from the state of Virginia?

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aniked [119]3 years ago
7 0

West Virginia began something called the secessionist convention; which is why they broke away from the confederate state of virginia

Alexandra [31]3 years ago
6 0

West Virginia didn't approve of slavery (Virginia held the HQ for the Confederacy at Richmond, so they were for it) and the Virginians who disapproved of slavery broke off and became West Virginia.

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