KING COTTON
SOUTHERN STATE
COMMITTES OF PUBLIC SAFETY IMOSED EMBARGOS
1861 MOST OF CROP
STAYED IN SOUTH
1862 2/3 LESS
PLANTED
BUT…1850’S BUMPER
CROP KEPT BRITAIN SUPPLIED (MARKET ACTUALLY GLUTTED)
BRITAIN DEVELOPS
ALTERNATE SOURCES
INDIA
EGYPT
BLOCKADE
U.S. WARSHIPS
BLOCKADING “THEIR OWN” PORTS
CAUSES CENTRAL
DIPLOMATIC ISSUE OF THE WAR
LINCOLN ANNOUNCES
“DOMESTIC INSURRECTION
BLOCKADE
INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS WEAPON BETWEEN WARRING STATES
14 MAY 1861 BRITISH
PROCLAMES SOUTH A “BELLIGERENT
OTHER COUNTRIES
FOLLOW
BLOCKADE
EUROPEANS REMAIN
NEUTRAL
FACT CONSTITUTES
OFFICIAL ACCEPTANCE OF BLOCKADE
LEGAL DEFINITION OF
BLOCKADE
MUST BE EFFECTIVE
AMERICA’S ROLE
REVERSED FROM NAPOLEONIC ERA
15 FEB. 1892 BRITAIN
PRONOUNCES DEFINITION FAVORABLE TO U.S.
BLOCKADE
CONTINUOUS VOYAGE
DEVELOPED BY BRITAIN
SEIZURE OF CARGOES BETWEEN NEUTRAL PORTS
MUCH CONFEDERSTE WAR
MATERIEL CAME ON BRITISH SHIPS WHICH TRANSFERRED CARGO IN WEST INDIES TO
BLOCKADE RUNNERS
USN BOARDS
/CONFISCATES BEFORE ARRIVAL AT WEST INDIAN PORT
SPRINGBOK 1863
PETERHOF 1863
TRENT AFFAIR
NOV. 1861 SOUTHERN
COMMISIONERS SAILING ABOARD BRITISH PACKET
TRENT
HAVANA-ST. THOMAS
MASON & SLIDELL
8 NOV TRENT STOPPED
BY USS SAN JACINTO
MASON/SLIDELL
ARRESTED TAKEN TO BOSTON
TRENT AFFAIR
US PRESS REJOICES
WILKES VOTED A MEDAL
BRITAIN ENRAGED
ADDITIONAL SHIPS SENT TO NORTH AMERICAN SQUADRON
TROOPS READIED FOR CANADA
PRINCE ALBERT