General Sherman's prophetic letter, written on the eve of the U.S. Civil War
The blockade of the south triggered some businesses in Brirain for example to evade the blockade, trading munitions and luxuries for cotton for UK mills.
Then this happened:
"Despite high unemployment, some Manchester cotton workers refused on principle to process any cotton from America, leading to direct praise from Lincoln, whose statue in Manchester bears a plaque which quotes his appreciation for the textile workers in "helping abolish slavery".
These stories need films.
@kevinrns Ahh, I did not know that story at all. Never heard of it. And yes, that's definitely movie material.
It's irritating to run across a story like this that I ought to know about, yet somehow, in 60+ years of reading history, I've never heard of. There's something wrong with that.
During the Irish Potato Famine, the Choctaw Nation heard pf the privation of the Irish people, and donated to the people of Ireland. Statues still exist in Ireland AIUI, and the event still marks a point of gratitude in Irish culture today.
In 1847, 14 years after the Trail of Tears ended, Choctaw people in Oklahoma learned of the Irish famine... made donations... equivalent of several thousand dollars ,
.." lasting friendship it created between the two nations."
Here's another story we didnt know.
During the Irish Potato Famine, which drove 1/3 of the country to the colonies, and a third to the grave, Ireland exported more food to England than any time before, in Irish History.
@kevinrns Yeah. Exactly.
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Well, at its simplest, not a democracy.