Great Britain's Involvement In The American Civil War

The American people though viewed the British neutrality with extreme resentment. The resentment was unjustified because the Northern and southern people felt it in equal degree, both feeling convinced that they were the correct side and that it was evil for the British not to act on that assumption. The people from North felt that the American nationality was at stake while others felt the importance of giving their whole sympathies to the eradication of slave trade. The Southern people thought they were fighting for political freedom which was appealed by many Britons. The Southerners believed that slavery was sanctioned by the scriptures and majority of the preferred the perfect contentment of slaves rather than the horrific abuses by the whole system. At the end, both sides were so angry with the British for not giving it a passionate and rigid support.
It is undeniable to point out that the main intention behind the involvement of Great Britain in the American Civil War was economic concerns . Majority of cotton in the world during the mid-nineteenth century was produced in the Southern States in America. After the Southerner's successful secession from the Union, Great Britain had no option but to tread carefully so as not get involved in another war with the USA . The United States issued a global verdict
The Union won this battle which led to the greatest number of casualties. The silence that followed gave Abraham Lincoln a chance to release emancipation declaration freeing all slaves in the rebelling states. The high number of casualties and the policy rendering freedom to slaves caused restlessness in Britain. A wealthy man who owned a slave business in the United States criticized the Confederate independence and warned about British intervention on humanitarian grounds (Steele