You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.
alternatehistory.com
Supposing it never happens? Either because the ACW doesn't, or because the basic protections for blacks are written into the Thirteenth, but don't include many of those in OTL's Fourteenth.
What does the U.S. look like in this event? People compelled to testify in their own defense? Many, many more people in jail, falsely convicted?Much less corporate influence on politics? (It probably means Citizens United doesn't happen; it certainly means it'll be decided the other way, if it does.)