With the rural population numbering more than urban, some may think that Appalachia’s residents are isolationists. This is not the case. In reality, it is the land that is isolated, not the people. There is a distinct difference between the two. Also, slave violence was an issue in any territory where it was legal to own slaves. There is a misconception that Appalachians did not have slaves. There was considerable industrial slavery in Appalachia in the tanning works, salt mines, coal mines and iron foundries of Virginia, and in the brick mills of Tennessee and Kentucky. Slavery was an atrocity, and the violence that followed slavery cannot be denied but it is worth mentioning that slaves in Appalachia were not treated more violently than that