West Virginia’s Hidden Legacy: How ADH24 and Harpers Ferry Shaped the End of Slavery and Civil Rights
November 5, 2024 8:21 pm Leave your thoughtsUntold Stories From the End of Slavery West Virginia’s role in the end of slavery is rarely discussed today. In its statehood, the WV Constitution ended slavery in what could be the first ever Constitutional banning of slavery in human history. When President Lincoln accepted West Virginia into the Union, this helped pave the way for the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution of 1865 and the official ending of slavery in the United States. The history of ADH24 is important to the families that have made their homes in Harpers Ferry, and there are oral histories of the property that have been passed down through generations of owners. According to those tales, the house held “contraband”, fugitive enslaved people... View Article