Just a scenario that popped into my head.
The USA manages to take Cuba from Spain at time point in the first half of the 19th century and admits it to the union as a slave state.
Then, tensions over slavery happen similarly to in OTL, and Cuba rebels along with the rest of the southern U.S. states to form the Confederate States of America.
What I wonder is...
-would this Confederacy be stronger than OTL's one?
-and if it loses as in OTL, could it still end up surviving in exile on Cuba, or would the American federal government be able to take over Cuba somehow?
-and if the Confederacy does survive on Cuba, how long would it be likely to retain slavery for? I'm imagining a lot of slaveholders would flee to Cuba (similar to OTL's Confederados in Brazil but more so)
The USA manages to take Cuba from Spain at time point in the first half of the 19th century and admits it to the union as a slave state.
Then, tensions over slavery happen similarly to in OTL, and Cuba rebels along with the rest of the southern U.S. states to form the Confederate States of America.
What I wonder is...
-would this Confederacy be stronger than OTL's one?
-and if it loses as in OTL, could it still end up surviving in exile on Cuba, or would the American federal government be able to take over Cuba somehow?
-and if the Confederacy does survive on Cuba, how long would it be likely to retain slavery for? I'm imagining a lot of slaveholders would flee to Cuba (similar to OTL's Confederados in Brazil but more so)