Suppose, however, that the North did not have this chance. That the South took it out from under them. That the South freed their slaves.
It seems next to impossible, yet completely possible, though not probable. Lee was love,if he was supporte, many would follow. Lee was opposed slavery, so it is doable. If Davis told him to, it could have been a military strategy.
If it was done late enough that the South saw the need,and early enough that the South was not utterly doomed, there would be a possibility.
Still though, the proclamation would likely …show more content…
The South would also have a moral advantage in the eyes of diplomats all over the globe. They would be included in one of the greatest alliances of all time, the three European superpowers.The Confederate’s diplomacy would be off the charts.
After the war the benefits would not stop. Spain would conquer the border states like California, staunching the northern expansion. The north will be fine on its own, but will not have the resources necessary to conquer the Confederacy While Spanish troops are fighting for them. England will likely not be out of the picture early on. England has a vast abundance of resources that the south can lean on until the Confederacy is able to support themselves. The Confederacy was not proportionate to total population with factories, iron, farm acreage,and wealth, but only by a signifigant amount in factory and iron production. These could easily be provided through trade by England, though each state would have to regulate its own trade,as of the Confederate