If the US had given up the war to keep the USA a united nation, meaning that the Confederate states won their independence, it's unlikely that slavery would have continued very much longer. It was an institution that inhibited industrial growth which would have been a goal of the new South. It was an uneconomical institution, and most historians have stated that slavery's time in the South would be aborted for economic and political reasons.
The South would have kept their independence. But many countries would have refused to trade with a slave-owning nation, and slavery would have died-out naturally by about 1880.
The opposite of independence (self sufficiency) would be dependence. The opposite of independence (freedom) would be slavery.
Eli Whitney inventing the cotton gin.
They hope that the declaration of independence by Thomas Jefferson would end slavery.
The north was against slavery, and the south favored it.
North was against slavery, and south wanted more slavery. south wanted more slavery so they could work on the cotton fields. if more people work on cotton fields the south would have more money.
How slavery would affect the economy
They were concerned that slavery would come 2 kansas
independence : slavery
The south was afraid that without slavery their economy would die. They were also afraid that the African Americans could out weigh them.
The south would make slavery all throughout the nation.
several things could've happened 1)The people who live in Texas would be sworn enemies with Californians and Floridan would hate Maine people and so on.2)Our lives would be different as we know it3) The outcome of all future wars(WWI and WWII) would have many differences.4)there would've probably been a second civil wartry reading harry turtledove's How Few Remain. Its about an alternate history if the south had won the civil war