Third Anglo-Virginian War

Third Anglo-Virginian War
Date 18 April 1874- 11 February 1875 Location Salvatia Result British Victory
Belligerents
Republic of Virginia	United Kingdom
	New England
	Canada

The Third Anglo-Virginian War (1874-1875) was a conflict between the Republic of Virginia and the United Kingdom and its allies over the ownership of Salvatia in West Africa. Salvatia was colonized by Black Virginians who followed Zoekerism. The war ended in British victory and Salvatia would become part of the British Empire. The fallout from the war would result in the Economic Collapse in Virginian and the end of the Second Republic of Virginian.

Background

Virginia became an independent nation following the Second Anglo-Virginian War (1852-1854) against the United Kingdom. Relations between the two countries had been strained since despite healthy trade. Virginia was left with a large free black population along with a minor Dutch speaking population. Race relations were tense and the spread of Zoerkerism did not help. Zoerkerism is a religion that mixes Protestantism and various traditional West African religious beliefs. Their beliefs center around a supreme creator, the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, as well as the pursuit for truth, freedom, and homeland. Zoerkerism was meet with hostility by black and white Virginia, but continued to develop. By the late 1860s, Zoerkerist made up the majority of Black Virginians and Prime Minister Richard Churchill expanded religious freedoms to the group in political alliance with