David Tenner has outlined in the past how this was a real possibility. Suppose it happened. What would you project would be the political and economic ramifications through 1875?
Specifically, would Illinois move be an isolated one within the Great Lakes and Ohio River region, or would it have knock-on or domino effects?
If it had knock-on effects favoring slavery in additional states, where would this be most likely to be felt?
States further west, like Iowa, California, Nevada & Kansas, coming into the Union as fully fledged slave states?
Would there be copy-cat behavior in other states of similar latitudes to the east like Indiana or Ohio?
Might there be impetus for Illinois to partition itself?
How would the development of the Second Party system of the United States be affected by such a development in Illinois, which would take place during the one-party Monroe Administration in the “Era of Good Feelings”?
Specifically, would Illinois move be an isolated one within the Great Lakes and Ohio River region, or would it have knock-on or domino effects?
If it had knock-on effects favoring slavery in additional states, where would this be most likely to be felt?
States further west, like Iowa, California, Nevada & Kansas, coming into the Union as fully fledged slave states?
Would there be copy-cat behavior in other states of similar latitudes to the east like Indiana or Ohio?
Might there be impetus for Illinois to partition itself?
How would the development of the Second Party system of the United States be affected by such a development in Illinois, which would take place during the one-party Monroe Administration in the “Era of Good Feelings”?