WI Indian Indians suppress American Revolution?
Americans fighting for freedom were not invincible. As demonstrated by CSA. 9 million population of CSA, 4 million slaves, leaving 5 million free CS citizens. USA did wear them down in a 4 year war of attrition.
1770s USA was 2,8 million people - probably 2 million citizens. Yet in the war of attrition, 1775 to 1781, it was Britain who was worn down.
Suppose that Honourable East India Company recruits an army to fight in America. Sure, their sepoys were ordinarily signed up to fight in India only. But if they invite for volunteers to fight specifically overseas, would they find any?
With the result that USA loses - and a bunch of Indian veterans are promised land.
The chilly weather of New England is not to their taste, or farming experience. Whereas the subtropical summers of South Atlantic suit them better than the migrants from England.
Common sepoys get smallholdings, while officers and jemadars get slightly bigger plantations... and purchase some Negro slaves.
The result being that Virginia and Carolinas wind up having a significant community of profest heathens who build Hindu temples, are although not as dark as pure Negroes quite comparable or darker than some Quadroons and mulattoes, bear arms, own freehold land, the richer of them also own Negro slaves and quadroon slaves whiter than their owners... and they also vote at elections.
How would the communities of white English tories get along with Indian Indians? With the Negroes (a minority of Negroes) freed for military service and some of them enriched so far as to buy other (still slave) Negroes?
Americans fighting for freedom were not invincible. As demonstrated by CSA. 9 million population of CSA, 4 million slaves, leaving 5 million free CS citizens. USA did wear them down in a 4 year war of attrition.
1770s USA was 2,8 million people - probably 2 million citizens. Yet in the war of attrition, 1775 to 1781, it was Britain who was worn down.
Suppose that Honourable East India Company recruits an army to fight in America. Sure, their sepoys were ordinarily signed up to fight in India only. But if they invite for volunteers to fight specifically overseas, would they find any?
With the result that USA loses - and a bunch of Indian veterans are promised land.
The chilly weather of New England is not to their taste, or farming experience. Whereas the subtropical summers of South Atlantic suit them better than the migrants from England.
Common sepoys get smallholdings, while officers and jemadars get slightly bigger plantations... and purchase some Negro slaves.
The result being that Virginia and Carolinas wind up having a significant community of profest heathens who build Hindu temples, are although not as dark as pure Negroes quite comparable or darker than some Quadroons and mulattoes, bear arms, own freehold land, the richer of them also own Negro slaves and quadroon slaves whiter than their owners... and they also vote at elections.
How would the communities of white English tories get along with Indian Indians? With the Negroes (a minority of Negroes) freed for military service and some of them enriched so far as to buy other (still slave) Negroes?