luke1861
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A letter from Border State Congressmen to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, July 15, 1862.
"We are the more emboldened to assume this position from the fact, now become history, that the leaders of the Southern rebellion have offered to abolish slavery amongst them as a condition to foreign intervention in favor of their independence as a nation. If they can give up slavery to destroy the Union; We can surely ask our people to consider the question of Emancipation to save the Union."
There's also the British newspaper "The Spectator" that claims:
"the Confederacy have offered England and France a price for active support. It is nothing less than a treaty securing free trade in its broadest sense for fifty years, the complete suppression of the import of slaves, and the emancipation of every negro born after the date of the signature of the treaty…."
So, what's the verdict here? Is there any evidence from the confederate government to corroborate these claims? The CSA would've no doubt kept it as secret as they possibly could which may explain why we don't see much from them.
Thoughts??
"We are the more emboldened to assume this position from the fact, now become history, that the leaders of the Southern rebellion have offered to abolish slavery amongst them as a condition to foreign intervention in favor of their independence as a nation. If they can give up slavery to destroy the Union; We can surely ask our people to consider the question of Emancipation to save the Union."
There's also the British newspaper "The Spectator" that claims:
"the Confederacy have offered England and France a price for active support. It is nothing less than a treaty securing free trade in its broadest sense for fifty years, the complete suppression of the import of slaves, and the emancipation of every negro born after the date of the signature of the treaty…."
So, what's the verdict here? Is there any evidence from the confederate government to corroborate these claims? The CSA would've no doubt kept it as secret as they possibly could which may explain why we don't see much from them.
Thoughts??
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