I don't have much to throw out here but the premise. However, in 1860, I believe there's very little south of Tampa besides Key West and a few forts and trading posts. How would South Florida develop in an independent CSA?
Most of the big developers of the Turn of the Century IOTL (Flagler, Tuttle, etc.) were Northerners. Might we still see massive Northern and European investment in and immigration to South Florida? If not, will we see the same kind of development from more populated and developed parts of the South?
What about the citrus culture? In an independent CSA, will it recover from the Great Freeze of 1894-5?
Is a Miami-analogue inevitable, or might we just end up with a larger Everglades and a couple coast towns? Alternatively, could the South Florida cattle culture survive longer, perhaps even until the present day? Could the Seminole/Miccosukee be more populous control a wider area, like the Navajo and Dakota IOTL?
What about heavy Cuban and other Latin American immigration? Will this occur regardless? Does Confederate acquisition of Cuba make it more or less likely?
In the much longer run, will Florida eventually become one of the most important and populated states in the CSA, as it did in the OTL US?
Most of the big developers of the Turn of the Century IOTL (Flagler, Tuttle, etc.) were Northerners. Might we still see massive Northern and European investment in and immigration to South Florida? If not, will we see the same kind of development from more populated and developed parts of the South?
What about the citrus culture? In an independent CSA, will it recover from the Great Freeze of 1894-5?
Is a Miami-analogue inevitable, or might we just end up with a larger Everglades and a couple coast towns? Alternatively, could the South Florida cattle culture survive longer, perhaps even until the present day? Could the Seminole/Miccosukee be more populous control a wider area, like the Navajo and Dakota IOTL?
What about heavy Cuban and other Latin American immigration? Will this occur regardless? Does Confederate acquisition of Cuba make it more or less likely?
In the much longer run, will Florida eventually become one of the most important and populated states in the CSA, as it did in the OTL US?