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Why would Britain want to have anything to do with slave owning states?

The best way to prevent Jim Crow, lynching, the KKK and all the other horrible things that happened in the South would have been to imprison all slave owners in the South and take their land.

I think you're giving the founding fathers too much credit on the issue of slavery. When one of Washington's slaves escaped he did everything possible to get her back against her will. Also, when he lost his teeth, he replaced them with his slave's teeth simply because he could. The only...

The 1844 election was in many ways the battle between those who supported the annexation of Texas and those who opposed it due to fear that slave owners would eventually take over the country. The Democratic candidate James Polk tied the issue of annexing Texas to the annexation of the entire...

I would have to agree with the last sentence :) However, I don't see Hamlin or Johnson running for president in 1864. If Lincoln's presidency is considered disastrous due to the secession of the southern states, I could see the Democrats winning the House in 1862. 1864 however would have been...

First of all, thanks for the responses! They are greatly appreciated. I don't disagree with you Anaxagoras on what you said about Lincoln and Seward, I was just wondering what would have happened if Lincoln had a change of heart and decided to do everything he could not to go to war (and Davis...

I may be wrong but I was under the impression Catalans were very left wing (and still are). Barcelona was supposed to organize an alternative to the Berlin Olympics in 1936.

Hello everyone. I discovered this forum a few days ago while searching for alternate history scenarios and I thought I would join and participate in the discussions. While Confederacy ALT are very popular I couldn't find one, here at least, where the Union and Confederacy refuse to fight each...