Over one-third came from the counties around the northern panhandle.
"The road is opening up the northern panhandle of West Virginia," he said.
By the early 19th century, slavery had spread to the Ohio River up to the northern panhandle.
Why should a liberal-arts college in the northern panhandle of West Virginia be excluded?
From there it turns south and runs to approximately Washington County, Florida in the northern panhandle.
Similar structures and accompanying slaves soon spread along the Ohio River up to the northern panhandle.
The number of slaves in the northern panhandle was comparatively small, by 1850 the 4 counties had 247 slaves.
In Florida's northern panhandle, it was a chilly 28 degrees, but the state's citrus crop was not affected.
The following counties, listed from north to south, are universally accepted as being part of the Northern Panhandle:
