User blog comment:Frymon/Ideas for my Timeline needed/@comment-2176423-20100921234340

The Panama Canal is constructed in this TL, but it happens about 10 years later than in OTL. The Confederate States first took up the project, but gave up. The United States would them come along and finish the job. All of the Caribbean used to be colonies of the Confederate States, only Cuba remains a CS possession. However, the only difference than OTL is that most Caribbean islands are ruled by a wealthy, elite white class, similar to Apartheid South Africa.