hey, all. recently i made a thread about if Britain was less-affected by the Black Death than the rest of Europe, and one supposition that came up as a result was that Britain retains serfdom for a while longer than IOTL. i'd like to look a little more into that in this thread and see what everyone thinks would happen if the abolition of slavery/serfdom in the British empire was delayed by any of three different spans of time (for quick reference, the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act was passed in 1807):
- ~15 year delay: the Abolition Act is passed around 1822--significant events which took place between 1807 and 1822 included the Napoleonic Wars, wars of independence in Latin America and the Balkans, the War of 1812, the Russo-Persian War, the Third Anglo-Maratha War, George IV ascended, steam boats became more advanced, and Louisiana, Indiana, Mississippi, Illinois, Alabama, Maine, and Missouri were ratified as US states
- ~25 year delay: the Abolition Act is passed around 1832--significant events which took place between 1807 and 1832 included (along with those above) William IV ascending, several wars begin between teh US and Amerindians, and the lead-in events to the Texas Revolution
- ~35 year delay: the Abolition Act is passed around 1842--significant events which took place between 1807 and 1842 included (along with those above) the first Opium War and the Treaty of Waitangi