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ive been working on the early stages of a TL in which the south secedes earlier than in OTL and with the help of a few friends becomes some what of a world power. Ive tried to steer away from cliches and make it as ASBless as possible. so with out further ado...

1859- After years of bloodshed "Bleeding Kansas" finally comes to an end with a decisive Free-Solier victory; James Buchanan tries to make slavery illegal in both Kansas and Nebraska. . Citizens in the South are outraged and conventions are held, particularly in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. At these conventions, delegates discuss possible “revolution” the conventions vote. Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas also hold conventions. Buchanan takes no action in stopping the conventions,. In October John Brown leads a raid on the Harper's Ferry. Moving rapidly he manages to escape to the hills of western Virginia before federal forces arrive. In November he begins to insight uprisings in Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Federal forces are unable to catch Brown and he escapes to Kansas territory. The slave uprisings and the lack of federal aid only inflame anti-northern sentiment. In December a vote is taken in S.C. to secede. The vote passes and soon Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Louisiana and Texas follow. Charleston S.C. is chosen as the capital of the new “Confederacy of Southern States”. The resignation of several of Buchanan’s cabinet, as well as the leaving of many southern congressmen deals a server blow to the U.S. Since he took no action Buchanan is impeached on grounds that he his only aiding the rebels; John Breckinridge fills in temporary as the 16th president however he does just as little as Buchanan and by the end of the year Arkansas secedes.

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