Demographics of a British Deep South

A little off-topic, but something that I just thought of... without the Deep South and with OTL Canada, the Slave Power in the United States will be much, much weaker, to the point where abolition would happen several decades earlier (though the exact date might vary by state) and without a civil war. You'd see gradual manumission and maybe even a stronger *American Colonization Society.

Come the mid-1800s, this could bring radical changes. You see, without the issue of slavery's expansion to divide and later eclipse it, the nativist movement in the United States might end up being much stronger. This would strongly alter the flow of immigration from Europe - I don't know if it'd neccesarily make TTL's Georgia a more attractive destination for immigrants than it otherwise would have been, but it would certainly result in more German and Irish immigration to Latin America and other British settler colonies like Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
 
Dutch descendents of VOC sailors.



Because...

Because of a complex system of racial classification that would be drastically altered by the POD described here?

The American Deep South isolated, ruled partially by British,inhabited by substantial Asian and Native American populations and probably majority non white would obviously develop very differently to Britain.

I think it would need to divide the black population and separating mixed race groups into their own social class seems a way to do this.
 
I know some in this thread have argued that it'd be more plausible to leave Souh Carolina in the United States and restrict the territory of the Dominion of Georgia to OTL Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi, but assuming that South Carolina does stay British here, there's something else that needs to be considered. See, there were quite a few Jews in late 18th century/early 19th century South Carolina, especially Charleston. Indeed, that city was a hub of Reform Judaism, and had the largest Jewish population of any city in North America until about 1830 or so.

So, if South Carolina is part of the Dominion of Georgia, could the Deep South potentially receive substantial Jewish immigration, especially if the United States goes more nativist for reasons outlined above? Or would other factors prevent that?
 
Because of a complex system of racial classification that would be drastically altered by the POD described here?

The American Deep South isolated, ruled partially by British,inhabited by substantial Asian and Native American populations and probably majority non white would obviously develop very differently to Britain.

I think it would need to divide the black population and separating mixed race groups into their own social class seems a way to do this.

OTL examples tend to suggest otherwise, as I mentioned before. Still, it'll certainly depend on the butterflies (which will need to be huge IMHO).
 
I know some in this thread have argued that it'd be more plausible to leave Souh Carolina in the United States and restrict the territory of the Dominion of Georgia to OTL Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi, but assuming that South Carolina does stay British here, there's something else that needs to be considered. See, there were quite a few Jews in late 18th century/early 19th century South Carolina, especially Charleston. Indeed, that city was a hub of Reform Judaism, and had the largest Jewish population of any city in North America until about 1830 or so.

So, if South Carolina is part of the Dominion of Georgia, could the Deep South potentially receive substantial Jewish immigration, especially if the United States goes more nativist for reasons outlined above? Or would other factors prevent that?

It's possible at least for a while; the South was less full of evangelical fervor than modern day or its colonial contemporaries, which when combined with British laissez-faire attitudes towards Jews by then could lead to a healthy community therein. Probably not moreso than the USA by present day, but still there.
 
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