Crap I wrote ACW instead of War of 1812, and I can't edit the title.
Could the British use the emancipation of American slaves to change the outcome of the American Revolutionary War or the War of 1812? Doing so could cause general chaos in the plantation economies. The British did promise freedom to slaves as a means of recruiting men for the ARW, but it puzzles me why they didn't take it a step further, especialy since they stood to lose nothing.
Could the British use the emancipation of American slaves to change the outcome of the American Revolutionary War or the War of 1812? Doing so could cause general chaos in the plantation economies. The British did promise freedom to slaves as a means of recruiting men for the ARW, but it puzzles me why they didn't take it a step further, especialy since they stood to lose nothing.