Two 'alternative histories' come to mind. #1, There was one written about
1964, and I think it was Bruce Catton, but am not sure. I don't recall when
slavery disappeared, but I do recall the Confederacy and Union grew close to
one another, fought WWI together, etc.
#2 - "Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove", c. early 1990s. I don't think
he carried his history (after the Confederacy won, thanks to several
shipments of AK-47s' which were transmorgrified across time from South
Africa of 2015) much beyond the end of the war. There was a big election at
end of the book where Robert E. Lee supported by the moderate states
triumphed as president of the Confederacy over _____? who represented the
slave states.
Randy Cabell
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From: "David A. Ward, Jr." <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: eventual phasing out of slavery
> Yes, well that's the kind of thing I was thinking of but I would like to
> see the reasoning for that particular argument. Reasons that may or may
not
> have existed at the time; lack of popular support, international
criticism,
> population growth providing for field-hand work, etc. Where might I be
able
> to get a copy of the article you have cited here?
>
> And I don't necessarily mean a historian postulating after the fact. It
> would be more interesting and reliable to see the takes of political
> thinkers and lawmakers at the time before the war. Such as the article you
> have recommended seems to be.
>
> David
>
>
>
>
> At 02:03 PM 2/5/2002 -0600, you wrote:
> > > 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).
> >
> > ===========================
> > = Richard Lowe =
> > = Univ. of North Texas =
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