A Way For Slavery to Continue in the British Empire?

With a POD somewhere in 1800's, is there a way slavery can continue in the British Empire? Either all the way to end of the 19th century or just much longer than in OTL.

I'm writing a TL of Ernest Augustus becoming King of England. Perhaps he can appoint a Prime Minister that's pro-slavery? Either way, England is much more conservative and may even help the Confederates in the American Civil War if they continue slavery to the 1860's.
 
With a POD somewhere in 1800's, is there a way slavery can continue in the British Empire? Either all the way to end of the 19th century or just much longer than in OTL.

I'm writing a TL of Ernest Augustus becoming King of England. Perhaps he can appoint a Prime Minister that's pro-slavery? Either way, England is much more conservative and may even help the Confederates in the American Civil War if they continue slavery to the 1860's.
Its a very tall order a king could not simply appoint a pro slavery PM assuming he could find any British Politician of note who supported it. By 1800 the King's power of appointment was pretty much dying, so you need a considerable body of support for slavery in the upper classes at least and more broadly after 1832 and especially 1867, I cant see where that comes from unless it becomes much more economically viable AND does not upset free labour (voters) especially after 1867. You also need to get rid of the considerable influence of the non conformist and high Anglican conscience. That's a very much more conservative but also much less religious/moral country (a hard double act) or a country with very different religious views, and probably less industrial development meaning less political influence for the middle class and skilled working class. So you really need to go back to an earlier POD.
 
Its a very tall order a king could not simply appoint a pro slavery PM assuming he could find any British Politician of note who supported it. By 1800 the King's power of appointment was pretty much dying, so you need a considerable body of support for slavery in the upper classes at least and more broadly after 1832 and especially 1867, I cant see where that comes from unless it becomes much more economically viable AND does not upset free labour (voters) especially after 1867. You also need to get rid of the considerable influence of the non conformist and high Anglican conscience. That's a very much more conservative but also much less religious/moral country (a hard double act) or a country with very different religious views, and probably less industrial development meaning less political influence for the middle class and skilled working class. So you really need to go back to an earlier POD.
If that is not an option, what about a Britain that is indifferent to slavery?
 
1800's is a bit late for that I think, but if the Navigation Acts are abolished before slavery is, then we might postpone the abolition indefinitely. Ultimately Britain will still want to go the abolitionist route in order to claim moral superiority and thus international soft power, as well as presenting itself as the incarnation of freedom.
 
If that is not an option, what about a Britain that is indifferent to slavery?

It's not really possible without some sort of autocratic seizure of power. The British middle class was strongly anti-slavery so as soon as they get the vote in the 1830s, abolition is guaranteed. That suffrage expansion was about as late as possible - it had been delayed for some 40 years by the French Revolution and its aftermath, and then by Tory Lords hanging on as long as they could after that. As we can see by the Days of May, the UK came very close to revolution as it was. It would almost certainly happen if Reform was delayed longer.
 
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