Well, it's quite a bit more complicated than that. Lancashire workers and mill owners lived off American slave-grown cotton long after the British abolition of 1833. The Civil War led to a cotton blockade in 1861. The sacrifice was a fait accompli.
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When economic interests is valued above principles, we end up paying with life’s most expensive items - self worth, freedom and truth n time n our lives.
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When economic interests are valued above principles, we end up paying with life’s dearest/most expensive items - truth, self worth/respect, liberty/freedom, safety at all levels, time n our lives - things money CAN’T buy n are truly priceless!
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We Americand often forget the crucial role played by England, France, and- albeit for less moral reasons- Spain in defeating the confederacy.
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Commemorated by a statue of the President himself in Manchester!
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People putting principles and beliefs before their economic interests. Yet today we are told "no one voted to make themselves poorer".
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A statue of Lincoln stands just off Albert Square in Manchester commemorating the stand taken by the mill workers. I think the base is inscribed with an excerpt from a letter of if thanks from Lincoln.
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