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1 Michelle Mensore Condon, The West Virginia Constitution: Mountaineers Are Always Free 1 (2025)

handle is hein.brennan/wevirgcns0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The West Virginia Constitution: Mountaineers Are Always Free I State Court Report STATECOURTREPORT1 GVRNMENT STRUCTRE JUICIAL SLECTION AN ADMINITRATION E2t31CPIINf REATIO RERODU1CTIV R IS SEC N RELIGIO EDUCATION The WestVirginia Constitution: Mountaineers Are Always Free An early West Virginia constitution emancipated enslaved people in 1863, more than a year before the U.S. Constitution. By Michelle Mensore Condon Published: November 18, 2025 West Virginia This essay is part of a 50-state series about the nation's constitutions. We've asked an expert from each state to dive into their constitution, narrate its history, identify its quirks, and summarize its most essential components for our readers. West Virginia - a state created from a Civil War separation - operates under a constitution ratified in 1872. Though many amendments have conformed it to modern 1/11