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Re:The Trent Affair: When the Union and Great Britain Nearly... by cryptonector on Sunday November 12, 2017 @06:33PM (#15683160)
The UK was not a producer of cotton. They were a consumer. Of course the UK tacitly supported the South during the war, and it is no secret that had the right opportunity arisen, they would have openly supported them.
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Re:The Trent Affair: When the Union and Great Britain Nearly... by walshemj on Monday November 13, 2017 @01:35PM (#15688775)
The UK was but the "Empire" wasn't
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Re:The Trent Affair: When the Union and Great Britain Nearly... by cryptonector on Monday November 13, 2017 @02:48PM (#15689586)
The South had been the UK's biggest cotton supplier prior to the war. If you think that UK textiles manufacturers were ecstatic that hey, now they might get more cotton from Egypt or wherever, you're not right. And those manufacturers employed many, many people in the UK.
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