You know, that is what astonishes me, since W. Virginia seceded from Virginia over the issue of slavery. Obviously people and regional tastes change, but when something that cataclysmic forms a people into a union and blasts them away from their roots, one might think their descendants would have some attachment to the rights of black people.
WV "seceded" from VA. I am not sure if slavery was really the main factor, but Charleston, WV, did not like the dictation from Richmond, VA.