CSA victory 1864: what happens to the freed slaves?

Suppose the common POD of a Confederate win at Gettysburg, followed by French and British armtwisting ensures the CSA's independence.

What I haven't seen on this site is any discussion as to what happens next. Thoughts?

I think you will have figured out now that discussions frequently degrade into arguments on such topics. You should just post an ATL about this subject rather than ask for people's opinions.
 
I suggest you read the Confederate Constitution, Alexander Stephens Cornerstone Speech, and the Declaration of Causes for Secession of Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas.
Have to agree there; it's impossible to deny that slavery was the biggest factor behind secession. Now, one could make a reasonable case that the Civil War was about more than just slavery, and even that slavery itself had become loaded with political and cultural meanings that sometimes had little to do with the institution itself. However, the role of slavery within the Civil War simply cannot be denied.
 
Have to agree there; it's impossible to deny that slavery was the biggest factor behind secession. Now, one could make a reasonable case that the Civil War was about more than just slavery, and even that slavery itself had become loaded with political and cultural meanings that sometimes had little to do with the institution itself. However, the role of slavery within the Civil War simply cannot be denied.

There's room to dispute that given that only four of the slave states that did not secede before the firing on Ft. Sumter joined the Confederacy afterward and the ones that chose to stay in the Union (along with West Virginia) had much less economic dependence on slavery than the 11 Confederate states did.
 
I recently read a TL where the Republicans got legislation passed that offered all the former slaves homesteads on the Great Plains. There was more, but i have a feeling most of it wouldn't hold up under serious scrutiny.
 
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