Capital High School (Charleston, West Virginia) school year Enrollment by grade Enrollment by race/ethnicity Enrollment by gender Free lunch eligible: 400 Reduced-price lunch eligible: 64 On Wednesday, March 19, 2008, then New York Senator Hillary Clinton selected Capital as her first high school to visit. The school received national recognition and was featured by several major national news networks and on the AOL.com homepage. Capital High School (Charleston, West Virginia) Capital High School is a public high school located in Charleston, West Virginia, United States. The original high school in the city was Charleston High School, locally known as "The High," serving the entire city. In
History of slavery in West Virginia James Withrow was taken to the state supreme court concerning slaves which had been purchased with Confederate currency. In 1909, the state of West Virginia claimed the value of slaves who had been subjected to capital punishment by the Virginia government in a suit involving adjustments of the pre-war Virginia Debt. History of slavery in West Virginia The western part of Virginia which became West Virginia was settled in two directions, north to south from Pennsylvania, Maryland and New Jersey and from east to west from eastern Virginia and North Carolina. The earliest arrival of slaves was in the counties