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Alexander H. H. Stuart led a group of politicians from this state known as the Committee of Nine, which attempted to remove provisions of the “Underwood Constitution.” In this state, Mary S. Peake secretly taught former enslaved people from nearby Fort Monroe underneath Emancipation Oak. A neighborhood in this state known as Jackson Ward grew thanks to the efforts of the founder of the St. Luke Penny Saving Bank. The railroad tycoon William Mahone helped found this state’s biracial Readjuster Party, which was blamed for causing the Danville Massacre. The Panic of 1873 led to the decline of this state’s Tredegar (“TRED-uh-gur”) Iron Works. A politician was supposedly caught cross-dressing while fleeing this state’s capital city following the Petersburg Campaign. For 10 points, name this state, where the Confederate government once met in Richmond. ■END■
ANSWER: Virginia [or Commonwealth of Virginia]
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