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We are all aware that the Philippines had a vibrant culture of enslavement up until the American annexation of the islands.
The Moros in fact arguably rebelled because of slavery in addition to their traditional religious issues with being lumped in with the rest of the archipelago.
Obviously, the Spanish could have done a lot more about the problem than they did in OTL but chose not to expend the resources on it.
What could have caused this to trend to change?
Did the Philippines really need the US to get them to stop slavery, or could it have been approached a lot earlier and dealt with?
And how successful do you think the US was at getting slavery over and done with after the Phillipine-American war?