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Author Topic: Is the existence of West Virginia legal?  (Read 4738 times)
Senator Incitatus
AMB1996
Junior Chimp
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« on: October 08, 2023, 02:11:38 PM »

Dismembering one of the Slavers' Rebellion states was the compromise.

That’s a generous interpretation but probably wrong. Given that Unionists could have easily controlled a unified Virginia during post-war Reconstruction, the real reason we kept them separate was probably just to ensure more Republican Senators.
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Senator Incitatus
AMB1996
Junior Chimp
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Posts: 6,519
United States


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E: 2.06, S: 5.74

« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2023, 01:18:14 PM »


I figured (or should have if I saw you were the author) but wanted to make a point about Virginian unionism regardless.
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