There's a fairly extensive historical debate over whether the English textile workers were on balance a more pro-Union (being anti-slavery) or pro-Confederate (being restive over idled factories) factor, But a significant number of workers took this stance.https://twitter.com/EnglishRadical/status/1189978616802816001 …
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The Confederacy also hugely overestimated its economic leverage. The Union, as a major wheat supplier, had leverage, too; maybe more. And there were eager substitute cotton growers, especially in Egypt. Confederates ended up needing the cash more than the UK needed the cotton.
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And this is why Pitt the Elder was the greatest Prime Minister of Britain - NOT Lord Palmerston.
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Careful, that's fighting words.
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