I've lurked these forums for awhile now - finally made an account - but I've always wondered: what if the Burr Conspiracy was successful? Assuming he truly was seeking to form his own nation.
Furthermore, what if America's southern states inevitably succeed over the issue of states' rights and slavery? Would a Civil War be avoiding because Aaron Burr was able to secede without violent dispute? And if Aaron Burr's territory was pro-slavery, couldn't his nation and the seceding South overwhelm and overtake the abolitionist North?