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Interesting, that during the course of the War of 1812 the British Navy had completely blockaded Nantucket Island into a state of starvation. The blockade was so effective that Nantucket accepted a seperate peace with the British Admiral. The blockade was lifted for Nantucket declaring neutrality and no longer pay US Taxes. The British released prisoners from Dartmoor as if they were a seperate nation.
What if due to the British desire to gain a more advantageous position against the US 'convinced' Nantucket to secede and declare itself a British protectorate. It would have been a interesting effect on Hartford. The only stick in this was that the population was Republican Majority, so the British would have to embolden the Federalists or deport and import constituents...