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- American_Civil_War_alternate_histories abstract "American Civil War alternate histories are texts wherein events during the American Civil War occurred differently from those in history. The most common variant of these detail the victory and survival of the Confederate States of America. Less common variants include a Union victory under different circumstances than in actual history, resulting in a different post-war situation; African-American slaves freeing themselves by revolt without waiting for Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation; a direct British intervention in the war; the survival of Lincoln during John Wilkes Booth's assassination attempt; a retelling of historical events with fantasy elements inserted; and secret history tales. The point of divergence in such a story can either be a "natural, realistic" event (such as one general making a different decision than he did in our timeline, or one sentry detecting an enemy invasion which he failed notice in reality), or else it can be an "unnatural" fantasy/science fiction plot device such as time travel, which usually takes the form of someone bringing modern weapons or hindsight knowledge into the past. American Civil War alternate histories are one of the two most popular points of divergence to create an alternate history in the English language, the other being an Axis victory in World War II.Depictions of the later development of a victorious Confederacy vary considerably from each other - especially on two major, inter-related issues: An independent Confederacy's treatment of its Black population and its relations with the rump USA to its north. In the mockumentary C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America slavery continues up to the present, including a chilling depiction of "an electronic slave auction" carried on via the internet. However, most other alternate histories assume that, even when succeeding to become independent with its "peculiar institute" intact, the Confederacy would have still eventually put an end to slavery. In Grey Victory, set in the immediate aftermath of the war, the Confederacy is faced with both subversion by northern Abolitionists and the increasing organization and assertiveness of the Blacks themselves, and the ending gives the clear impression that the end of slavery is on the agenda. In several other depictions, such as The Guns of the South, freeing the slaves is attributed to Robert E. Lee - a reasonable assumption, since Lee personally opposed slavery and freed his own slaves, and in an independent Confederacy his prestige would have run high, making him a plausible candidate to succeed Jefferson Davis. However, ending slavery would not necessarily imply equality for Blacks. In Bring the Jubilee Blacks remain disenfranchised into the 20th Century (as are Latin Americans who were in this timeline annexed by the Confederacy). The same is true for Harry Turtledove's Southern Victory series - where it is James Longstreet who frees the slaves as a ploy to retain British and French support for the Confederacy, but Blacks remain a very oppressed and discriminated underclass, denied basic civil rights. In later volumes of the series the Blacks burst out in armed rebellion, are put down, and are then the target of a terrible Nazi-like Genocide.In the Classic Bring the Jubilee, the rump USA is completely broken down by its defeat, becoming an impoverished and backward country while the Confederacy goes on to annex the whole of Central and South America and become a major world power. But most other alternate histories assume that, even if losing its southern part, the US would remain a major economic and military power. In Grey Victory, Abolitionists try - but fail - to provoke the US and the Confederacy into a new war. In By Force of Arms, an attempt at reconciliation fails and after a few years they are at war again. In The Guns of the South, as in several other versions, the US and the Confederacy settle down into reasonable good neighborly relations. In the Southern Victory series they develop into hereditary enemies who go to war again every decade or two and who spend the rest of the time preparing for new war, becoming entangled in webs of worldwide military alliances. In the 1914 of Southern Victory, US and Confederacy are drawn into the First World War immediately following the Assassination in Sarajevo, and open an American Front of trench warfare, every bit as terrible as the ones in Europe. Conversely, the 1914 of A Hard Day for Mother by William R. Forstchen sees the culmination of a long process of reconciliation, with the two countries holding referendums and freely deciding to re-unite - due especially to the moderating influence of Joshua Chamberlain who in this history went over the South, won Gettysburg and the war for the Confederacy, but never lost affection for his native Maine.".
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