You need another major port/finance/industry center.
Perhaps in a timeline where the South isn't completely economically ruined (perhaps manumission earlier on), immigrants could pass through New Orleans (definitely), Texas ports, or Charleston. Other candidates include Boston and Baltimore.
You need another major port/finance/industry center.
Perhaps in a timeline where the South isn't completely economically ruined (perhaps manumission earlier on), immigrants could pass through New Orleans (definitely), Texas ports, or Charleston. Other candidates include Boston and Baltimore.
You need another major port/finance/industry center.
Perhaps in a timeline where the South isn't completely economically ruined (perhaps manumission earlier on), immigrants could pass through New Orleans (definitely), Texas ports, or Charleston. Other candidates include Boston and Baltimore.
1) very good point. The Erie Canal was incredibly important for the growth of NYC. OTOH, it's an obvious solution, so your best bet to stop it/reduce its importance is to construct an earlier StLawrence Seaway. With SHIP communication to the Great Lakes, the BARGE canal of the Erie will be MUCH less important.Without the Erie Canal, New York never would have become such a dominant port city (nearly misspelled it as "pot city")
Kill DeWitt Clinton (or get rid of him) and there'd be no incentive to ship to New York rather than Canadian/Southern ports.