> Well the whole state was the capital of the Confederacy, and though Virginia
> is the whitest of the southern states (or close to it), the eastern portion
> does have a fairly large black pop. So it mustn't be just about the
> Confederacy - there must be something particularly insular and unwelcoming
> about the hillbillies.
I thought a lot of the geographic distribution had something to do with who could and couldn't afford slaves.
-- Andy