I've noticed that a couple times in history that Virginia nearly "escaped" slavery as a whole or outlawed it. What I'm curious about is what would have happened if Virginia did outlaw slavery. Two chances I recall was near the Revolution and after Nat Turner's Rebellion. Would North Carolina have received some sort of "boost" in industry, or would places like South and North Carolina only hit more problems? Without the most powerful slave state, would slavery fade away instead of turning into a fighting issue, or would there still be a Civil War?