• Stern@lemmy.world
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      Oklahoma has its panhandle due to slavery. It used to be part of Texas but Texas gave it up rather then give up slavery.

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      They had two civil wars over it. First when México outlawed it and again when the USA did.

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      West Virginia isn’t really thought of as being the nicest of states, but they were the only state created explicitly to combat slavery - so that’s pretty cool.