WI: The anti slave acts are passed much earlier. The American revolution is a little bit about slave

[blademan9999]

So lets make the American revolution were partly about slavery?
In the 18th century the abolition movements in Europe (and to a much lesser extent to 13 colonies) are significantly more successful.
And Britain is where the abolishes movement is most successful compared to OTL.

In 1771 The 1807 slave trade act is enacted.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Trade_Act_1807
And in 1779 the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833

What are the effects?

Who does this teach who the revolution is taught in OTL.

 

[The Uchronian]

Interesting idea.....though I'm afraid you'd need a rather far-reaching POD for this one, TBQH. Maybe *Georgia is established earlier and is more successful as an anti-slavery colony, as Oglethorpe intended?

 

[ByzantineCaesar]

Slavery wasn't abolished because of ideals, so more successful abolitionist movements don't mean anything. You'd need a POD which changes the leadership during the American Revolution, shifting it from the Virginian slave elite to someone else.

EDIT: oh wait, I misunderstood what you were asking for. In that case you have to significantly increase the power of British industrialists and have more lobby for free trade, as well utterly break the influence of Caribbean plantation owners. The whole abolition thing was just a ploy to break the monopolist plantation owners and abolish the Navigation Acts, which didn't quite work for industrial capitalism.

 

[Thomas1195]

You'd need a POD which changes the leadership during the American Revolution, shifting it from the Virginian slave elite to someone else.

To northern mercantile class a.k.a Alexander Hamilton or John Adam.

 

[ASUKIRIK]

If US rebelled over their rights to own slaves too, and rights to enslave Blacks enshrined in the constitution, maybe the Northren states wouls end up secessionist with aim to return to more moral British Empire? Probably far earlier?

 

[IamtheEmps]

I would say it already was due to this.

 

[Napoleonrules]

If US rebelled over their rights to own slaves too, and rights to enslave Blacks enshrined in the constitution, maybe the Northren states wouls end up secessionist with aim to return to more moral British Empire? Probably far earlier?

During the US Revolution even NY and Pennsylvania were slave holding states.