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Drawing Us Into Their Quarrel

January 8, 2022 WalterCoffey

The government of Great Britain receives the official news that the U.S. would release Confederate envoys James Mason and John Slidell, thus averting an international crisis.

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They Will Be Cheerfully Liberated

December 25, 2021 WalterCoffey

Abraham Lincoln finally decides upon a course of action regarding Great Britain’s demands to release the Confederate envoys seized aboard the British steamer Trent.

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Surrender or War Will Have a Very Good Effect

December 15, 2021 WalterCoffey

News of the British reaction to the seizure of Confederate envoys James Mason and John Slidell reaches the U.S.

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The Passions of the Country Are Up

December 1, 2021 WalterCoffey

The U.S. and Great Britain awaited each other’s official reactions to the seizure of Confederate envoys James Mason and John Slidell aboard the neutral British steamer Trent.

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Outrage on the British Flag

November 27, 2021 WalterCoffey

News of the U.S. seizure of Confederate envoys James Mason and John Slidell aboard the British steamer Trent officially reaches Great Britain, where it is met with immediate outrage.

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