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What if, after the Louisiana Purchase, the decision was made to ban slavery in the unorganized portion of the territory, but allow slavery in the southernmost portion, essentially the OTL state of Louisiana? Would this stymie the efforts of slaveocrats in the south, or would they instead refocus their efforts on the acquisition of Cuba and Florida and other Caribbean territories? Would the United States still pursue California and Texas? Would one sectional divide be over where to expand to, south or west?