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The marriage that helped form West Virginia State University

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — West Virginia State University was one of the first historical black colleges to be established in West Virginia, and a key part of that founding involves a marriage between a slave and a slave owner. Born around 1802, Samuel Cabell came from a wealthy, connected Virginia family, and ran a Kanawha Valley salt works alongside a farm and orchards in what is now Institute. Born in Tidewater, Virginia, in 1815, Mary Barnes…

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WOWK broke the news in Charleston, United States on Tuesday, July 8, 2025.
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