Britain and Confederacy

Adam Benedict Canning schrieb:
> Makes no difference, the UK recognised a number of slave 
> using countries [Brazil for example] without ever being their 
> ally. 

AFAIK, this was after those states had established their independence.
Plus they were former colonies well away from their motherland.

> Let the Foreign office loose on drawing up a peace treaty and you 
> are likely to end up with North-South borders as well as east-west 
> ones. Not because Britian cares about the Indians [though it would 
> go down well with Her Majesty] but because then we can assimilate
bits 
> of the continent we want. 

> Californa when the gold rush starts for example. 

Minor point: the California gold rush started in 1849, well before the
Civil War. But, yes, California and neighbouring regions would make a
good candidate for an independent state (see Free Cal-Tex)

> Other than the possibility of the CSA balkanising over 
> the issue and the hardening British attitudes on slavery [Note the RN

> was definetly against it, because they could condemn slave trading 
> vessels as prizes, 

Another minor note: policies against international slave trade were in
place well before the Civil War.

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