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Re: eventual phasing out of slavery
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> I cannot think of a historian who has theorized
> about this alternative history.

   The closest thing I can think of is Charles Ramsdell's
old article (_Mississippi Valley Historical Review_, 1929)
about the natural limits of slavery expansion (i.e., leave
slavery alone, and it will die a natural death, so no need
for a civil war).

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 =      Richard Lowe       =
 =  Univ. of North Texas   =
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