Imagine the ARW was averted due to some degree of autonomy for the American colonies, plus some representation at Westminster. How would abolitionism go? Would the addition of the South to the West India lobby be able to delay Wilberforce's banning of the slave trade? Potentially if the British Empire managed to expand their Caribbean holdings with that extra finance for the lobby also? I've read that the Napoleonic Wars had an influence in the success of the Act, with Britain wanting to take the moral high ground against France - what if the French Revolution was butterflied away?
What about the final banning of the slave trade - would that also be delayed? What if the Southern colonies protested at the abrogation of the initial autonomy deal and declared Independence? Would Jamaica and other islands join them? Could there be military defections from Southerners in the British army, navy? What would a war look like?
What about the final banning of the slave trade - would that also be delayed? What if the Southern colonies protested at the abrogation of the initial autonomy deal and declared Independence? Would Jamaica and other islands join them? Could there be military defections from Southerners in the British army, navy? What would a war look like?