Derek Pullem
Donor
Premise:
The American Revolutionary War is still born in 1775, assume Bunker Hill was a rout with the colonial militia breaking in the first assault and being severely defeated with Howe following up and also inflicting a defeat on Washington.
The premise is that the Revolutionary War was a damp squib leaving the resentful American colonies under military rule for the most part.
The French still undergo some form of revolution in the 1790's which results in an ongoing Anglo-French war which stalemates by 1807.
In the meantime.........
The abolitionists in the UK still gain ground resulting in the Slave Trade Act of 1807. Deeply resented by the South in particular there are continuing actions between "American" slave ships and the British anti-slavery patrols.
By 1833 (as good a year as any) the final abolition of the Slave Trade is passed into law. For many years an unholy alliance between New England liberals and Southern plantation owners has been growing. The colonies erupt into rebellion.
What happens next?
Would the colonies gain independence and how would the slavery question be handled?
Could the British divide and conquer the disparate American factions or would the result be a compromise?
The American Revolutionary War is still born in 1775, assume Bunker Hill was a rout with the colonial militia breaking in the first assault and being severely defeated with Howe following up and also inflicting a defeat on Washington.
The premise is that the Revolutionary War was a damp squib leaving the resentful American colonies under military rule for the most part.
The French still undergo some form of revolution in the 1790's which results in an ongoing Anglo-French war which stalemates by 1807.
In the meantime.........
The abolitionists in the UK still gain ground resulting in the Slave Trade Act of 1807. Deeply resented by the South in particular there are continuing actions between "American" slave ships and the British anti-slavery patrols.
By 1833 (as good a year as any) the final abolition of the Slave Trade is passed into law. For many years an unholy alliance between New England liberals and Southern plantation owners has been growing. The colonies erupt into rebellion.
What happens next?
Would the colonies gain independence and how would the slavery question be handled?
Could the British divide and conquer the disparate American factions or would the result be a compromise?