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Ok I working with one of my earlist POD in the pre-1900 section at the moment for a possible TL. One thing I been fighting back and fore over for a week is would Virginia pass a general emancipation law on its own in the 1830s if Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion never happened. I'm looking at a POD in the 1800s but Nat Turner dies some time in the 1820s dur to a disease and as such his slave rebellion never happens. Could Virginia pass a 30 year general emancipation law to phase out slavery in their state before the ITL version of the Mexican-American War happens?
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