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Was Virginia a slave state

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The Confederacy. The capital of the Confederacy was Richmond, Virginia.

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Yes it was. It seceded from the Union April 17, 1861.

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Confederate - though it was one of the last to secede, and many distinguished Virginians, including Robert E. Lee, were against secession.

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