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They haven't. I'm pretty sure my good-for-nothing brother-in-law comes from Loyalist stock. All the more reason to keep an eye on him.

The Bourbons refused to pay the money due to Napoleon by the treaty, IIRC, so Napoleon's position was untenable in the long run. He couldn't remain on Elba indefinitely, even if he had wanted to.

That's not gone. I reprimand my daughters for doing that. But then I'm old fashioned.

No, it just means that such a rebellion would be localized in, say, Wilcox County, Alabama. It wouldn't erupt simultaneously across Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi all at once.

A mass slave revolt is all but impossible, given that it would be impossible for insurgent groups to communicate with each other. Any uprising would be local in nature and would only spread it it were successful (this is a significant plot point in House of the Proud, incidentally). Moreover...

I wrote a blog awhile awhile back calling for one of the new aircraft carriers to be named after Sam Rayburn.

Who are you? What have you done with Johnrankins?!?!

Alternatively, it might cause men to flock back to the colors if the Confederate government dispatches regular army units to suppress the rebellion. There were men who might be tired of fighting Yankees who would be more than happy to fight against insurgent slaves.

The existing Home Guard would be sufficient to deal with the problem, seeing as the slaves would have no organization, no leadership, and would be armed mostly with improvised weapons made agricultural implements. Even late in the war, there were large numbers of ill-disciplined cavalry units...

Secessionist members of the legislature/secession convention storm out and assemble on their own, then pass ordinances of secession declaring their state out of the Union and appealing for immediate Confederate support. "Orders" also go out to the militia to ignore any instructions from the...

Could John Wayne ride a horse?

Good point.

I suppose it would have helped a bit. But a better fiscal policy on the part of the government and a lack of the self-defeating cotton embargo would have made a much bigger difference.

Alas, I read the OP wrong.

I bet the books burned by the Spanish could tell us. :mad:

What evidence is there regarding how much the Aztecs were aware of the world outside of their own sphere of influence?

1. The sepoys will probably kill him. He only went along with them out of fear for his own life. 2. The Mughals are done away with anyway by the British as soon as they restore control. The very fact that the rebels tried to restore them to real power would make their continued de jure rule...