With a PoD in 1841 right after the Amistad case, would it be possible to avoid the ACW, or was it set in stone? I have heard 2 camps on this, one that the ACW is a product of a series of Specific Events, and another that the fuse was lit many years before it happened. Both positions have marit imo, but I am curious to hear what our dear friends at AH have to say about it.