Talk:West Virginia
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October 1861 vote totals
In the October 1861 election the article says that "18,408 votes were cast for the new state and 781 against." But the graphic showing the vote by county has only two counties (Monogalia and Preston) where the yes votes exceeded 50% of the total. Many counties don't show any votes for statehood. What's going on? I looked up the source, only to figure out that much of this history is taken nearly verbatim from the Encyclopedia Brittanica's poorly written article on West Virginia. There's no source for the graphic, so I have no idea where the data came from. MiguelMunoz (talk) 03:05, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
- Many counties had no vote on statehood. The percentages in red show what percent of that county voted for statehood, relative to the number of voters in that county. The vote results can be found in Richard O. Curry's book "A House Divided". The number of voters in each county was taken from the 8th United States Census. The vote was poorly attended, so few counties had over 50% in favor. See this page from the WV Archives https://archive.wvculture.org/history/statehood/statehood10.html Dubyavee (talk) 03:44, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
Union soldiers during statehood vote
The article claims "The election results were questioned since the Union army then occupied the area and Union troops were stationed at many of the polls to prevent Confederate sympathizers from voting." but the source is an article from 2007 that itself doesn't cite any sources and as a governmental source is subject to the biases of the elected officials at the time. Given the article no longer appears on the site (and presumably the issuing organization no longer stands by it) I don't think this line can be adequately sourced anymore. Ulrichomega (talk) 14:47, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
- I updated the link Dubyavee (talk) 16:01, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
"Escaped slave broadside" image - not appropriate?
The broadside describes a man who committed arson. Since he is Black, he was most likely enslaved, although this is not stated or alluded to. It is from authorities seeking to convict him of arson, at least on face value.
Is there any unstated context of that particular image? Because if not, it seems like an inappropriate choice for the discussion of slavery and runaway slaves. Just-a-can-of-beans (talk) 14:56, 27 April 2025 (UTC)