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Okay, traditionally, if you imagine British victory in the Revolution we imagine a Redcoat's boot on the face of mankind. Forever. [1]

I agree there would be some negative consequences to British victory. Some colonial legislatures would be suspended, although for how long is unclear. (Consider Britain's hesitancy in suppressing legislatures in the assembly it controled OTL).

Consider, though, the southern colonies. Britain tried freeing slaves and using them in combat. It sought the support of backwoods farmers against the Patriot planter elite. In New York, some of the tenants of rich landowners supported Britain because the landowners were patriots. In Delaware, the loyalists were considered to be the "poor illiterate people."

So. In the Southern colonies, we'd see backwoods farmers who have turned to the governor for support; Ethiopian regiments which help patrol the colony. Still slavery, of course, but...

Thoughts?

[1] Well, I do. I know there are those who think George III becomes a parliamentary monarch, emancipates Catholics, gives women equality, and shoots fireballs from his eyes and lightning bolts from his arse. [2]

[2] OTL recent research suggests he may have actually shot lightning bolts from his arse.
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