Watching "The Abolitionists" got me thinking. The opposition to women in the movement suggests the problem wasn't only slavery: it was the threat Abolitionism posed to the power structure. It was the same way M. L. King broadening the message to economic justice did.
So, suppose slavery, for whatever reason, survives in the U.S. past 1850. (Obviously, this butterflies the ACW.
) Suppose Garrison & the Abolitionist movement take a different approach, making it about equal justice & economic & social equality. Does this mean Progressives &/or Socialists become more involved? Does this advance the causes of trust-busting? Of labor rights & unions? Women's equality, & getting the vote? Minimum wage laws? Other tax laws (like, frex, capital gains or inheritance taxes)?
Does it impact public transit? (At least some tramways were destroyed because they allowed poor residents access to wealthier areas... And no ACW means less sprawl...
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Does it affect culture more broadly? Music? Film? TV?
I am presuming slavery is eventually banned, just not by violence...
So, suppose slavery, for whatever reason, survives in the U.S. past 1850. (Obviously, this butterflies the ACW.
Does it impact public transit? (At least some tramways were destroyed because they allowed poor residents access to wealthier areas... And no ACW means less sprawl...
Does it affect culture more broadly? Music? Film? TV?
I am presuming slavery is eventually banned, just not by violence...