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Probably avoid it, if slave states think they have no chance, and vote gradual emancipation themselves, and slave populations are small enough that federal support for compensation ito owners is affordable.

Even if South Carolina and Charleston were wiped out in the Indian War of 1715-1717, I don't think it would take nearly a century for Anglos to come back, and under the US banner. And I don't think it would add any Catholics to the English colonies either. The only "pro-Catholic" effect...

Well Spain getting to use it to trade for Gibraltar or Minorca back would be interesting. Or France to get Acadia back? But in South Carolina itself, a weakened city of Charleston and weakened colony from the occupation may not be able to handle the next Indian uprising that came right after...

What if the Franco-Spanish expedition of 1706, aimed against Charleston, had been successful? Here is the wiki page regarding the attempted expedition that was stopped, well short of the main defenses of the city. Lefebvre's Charles Town expedition - Wikipedia My thought to rejigger things for...