In Leon County, Florida, on the eve of the U.S. Civil War (circa 1860), about three out of every four residents were enslaved.
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Historical demographic composition of Leon County prior to the Civil War
Much of the territory that became West Virginia historically opposed slavery or had low levels of slavery in the period immediately before the American Civil War.
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Regional differences in slavery and social attitudes within Virginia in the antebellum period.