I'm not sure how to avoid Secession. I think probably there has to be at a minimum no Fugitive Slave Act and no Bleeding Kansas. So the Wilmot Proviso somehow gets passed, either in its strong version, or the proposed amendment of extending the Missouri Compromise line westward, Or something with similar effect (Zachary Taylor lives?)
Either way, clear limits on the further expansion of slavery into new territories, coupled with a willingness to let it continue in its present state until it dies a natural death.
In those circumstances, how long can the peculiar practice continue?
Either way, clear limits on the further expansion of slavery into new territories, coupled with a willingness to let it continue in its present state until it dies a natural death.
In those circumstances, how long can the peculiar practice continue?