If the Civil War had not been fought and the southern states had been allowed to leave the Union as they wished, would it have taken longer for slavery to eventually be abolished?

by tadamadeline

Itsalrightwithme

Seems this question has been asked and discussed several times over at /r/HistoricalWhatIf/

rosemary85

I'm afraid we normally don't allow "what if" questions, on the principle that they're expressly about things that didn't happen. /r/HistoricalWhatIf is exactly the sub you want for this.