That is an interesting proposition, but save for Eugene Genovese's observation
(perhaps in a talk around the time of the publication of Roll, Jordan, Roll) that
slavery would have been destroyed by revolution during the Great Depression of
1930s, I cannot think of a historian who has theorized about this
alternative history.

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Subject:                eventual phasing out of slavery
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> I am hoping that someone can point me to any resources (websites, texts,
> articles) that postulate the theory that... had the war of secession not
> occurred and the southern states been allowed to secede OR had won the
> war... that the practice of slavery would have been (and perhaps already
> was on its way to being) phased out. I have not really heard too much
> about this argument, but the idea is intriguing. I would be interested in
> seeing the evidence that would be cited to support that kind of argument.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> David
>
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Harold S. Forsythe
Assistant Professor History
Director:  Black Studies
Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT 06430-5195
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