When, if ever, do you think slavery would have been eliminated in the Confederacy?
The Virginia General Assembly was debating that matter when news came of shots fired at Fort Sumter(sp?). Slavery would have been eliminated throughout the nation within decades for the most irresistable reason of all: economics. With the advent of the industrial revolution, it was simply becoming unprofitable.
I agree. This of course opens up another "what if" scenario. What if the Southern states hadn't been pushed into succession?
What do you think the status of blacks would be in the Confederacy today?
Better.
Can you explain? I'm not calling you a liar. I can imagine some scanarios that would have this result. I'm honestly curious how you think they'd be better off. If you can answer this question plausibly, it goes a long way towards killing the charge of being motivated by racism.
How do you think the CSA and USA would have fared through the end of the 19th and through the 20th Century as compared to how the USA really fared?
Several interesting books have been written on that subject. I recommend "If the South Had Won the Civil War" by McKinley Cantor (sp? - it's been many years.) Consensus seems to be that the Russians would still be in Alaska (which may be preferable to the Communists in Berkeley).
Of course if the Russians had held Alaska, any number of other things may have changed that could have prevented communists in Moscow, as well. This sort of speculation is always fun. I guess my main reason for asking this question is that the South has made such critical contributions to American war efforts in the 20th Century that I'm left wondering if the North or the South would have been as strong apart as they've both been together. Could either alone, for example, have pulled of a Manhattan Project or put a man on the Moon?