The fifth border state : slavery, emancipation, and the formation of West Virginia, 1829-1872 /

The fifth border state : slavery, emancipation, and the formation of West Virginia, 1829-1872 / Scott A. MacKenzie.

"One of the first new interpretations of West Virginia's origins in over a century--and one that corrects previous histories' tendency to minimize support for slavery in the state's founding. Every history of West Virginia's creation in 1863 explains the event in similar way...

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Main Author: MacKenzie, Scott A. (Scott Alexander) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2023.
Edition:First edition.
Series:West Virginia and Appalachia.
Subjects:
Slavery > West Virginia > Public opinion > History > 19th century.
West Virginia > History > To 1950.
West Virginia > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Border States (U.S. Civil War)

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