Why are all of the alt history stories like "what if history, but worse?" Sure, that makes figuring out the conflict pretty easy, but I feel like I've seen "south won the civil war" and "germany won a world war" enough times I don't need to see it again.

Where is "the enslaved peoples of the South took a cue from Haiti and revolted, kicking out or exterminating the plantation owners and forming their own independent country"? How about "the US didn't win independence until long after Britain abolished slavery"?