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appalachiablue

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17. West Virginia wasn't part of the Confederacy,
Fri May 7, 2021, 09:30 PM
May 2021

the western and northern counties of Va. broke away from the Old Dominion over the Civil War and seceded in spring 1861.

West Virginia became a Union state on June 20, 1863. The Mountaineer State had Union regiments and also a few informal Confederate units I think.

Maryland had a large amount of slavery but stayed out of the Confederacy. Eastern Md. was particularly noted for slave residents, farms, plantations and well known African Americans Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass who were born and raised there.

Neighbor state Delaware, esp. the lower part was an agricultural area utilizing with black labor although it was in the Union.

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Missouri and Kentucky were slave states, but they stayed with the Union during the Civil War. Aristus May 2021 #1
It may be in error billh58 May 2021 #2
I found the following on billh58 May 2021 #5
Ask anyone from Kansas MuseRider May 2021 #9
"Bleeding Kansas" is all but forgotten. And it shouldn't be. TygrBright May 2021 #13
I am not certain MuseRider May 2021 #15
By the skin of their teeth. paleotn May 2021 #8
They had state governments in exile, but neither seceded as you stated. Gore1FL May 2021 #12
They also make up the least vaccinated to date. paleotn May 2021 #3
Not Virginia which is now a Blue State! 😁 Duppers May 2021 #18
VA is an exception. paleotn May 2021 #20
Yep, yep, we are! Duppers May 2021 #21
Agree completely about the rube states listed, but a bunch more have been added -- TX, MT, ND, SD, Hoyt May 2021 #4
I was going to add Ohio has plenty. blueinredohio May 2021 #7
We are a purple country scarytomcat May 2021 #33
This message was self-deleted by its author paleotn May 2021 #6
This is distressing Deuxcents May 2021 #10
Wow, I always thought Kentucky wasn't part of the Confederacy liberal_mama May 2021 #11
Lots of non-Confederate states are working to resurrect Jim Crow 2.0 Fiendish Thingy May 2021 #14
Your point is well taken billh58 May 2021 #16
West Virginia wasn't part of the Confederacy, appalachiablue May 2021 #17
They guy who carried that flag in the Capitol was from Delaware. Treefrog May 2021 #19
The problem we face today is that MAGA hats & Confederate flags are displayed in every state... Hekate May 2021 #22
Too true, but billh58 May 2021 #23
Hawai'i is my old home state & I was really shocked when that guy turned up in the news... Hekate May 2021 #27
I found this article about Nick Ochs: billh58 May 2021 #28
Good summary. It is to be hoped he gets his just desserts for 1/6 and has a federal vacation... Hekate May 2021 #30
It wouldn't be another civil war, because the first one is ongoing gulliver May 2021 #24
Yes, and in their minds billh58 May 2021 #25
Their goal is white minority rule like Apartheid South Africa. roamer65 May 2021 #37
Colin Woodard's "American Nations" misanthrope May 2021 #26
Thanks for the billh58 May 2021 #29
More Pennsylvanians Have Been Arrested for Capitol Riots Than Residents of Any Other State dalton99a May 2021 #31
And if you ever travel outside Philadelphia tishaLA May 2021 #32
Thank you for this Dalton! Treefrog May 2021 #34
Regional prejudice billh58 May 2021 #35
I grew up in a southern state. Treefrog May 2021 #36
There's no enjoyment to be had billh58 May 2021 #39
Most Southerners say "Civil War" dalton99a May 2021 #38
Point taken billh58 May 2021 #40
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