King Cotton Diplomacy
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“The Negro is the key to the whole situation, the pivot upon which the whole rebellion turns…. This war, disguise it as they may, is virtually
nothing more or less than perpetual slavery against universal freedom.”
Frederick Douglass
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“The arm of the slaves is the best defense against the arm of the
slaveholder. Who would be free themselves must strike the blow...I urge you to fly to arms and smite to
death the power that would bury the government and your liberty in
the same hopeless grave.” Frederick Douglass
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“I have given the subject of arming the Negro my hearty support. This, with the emancipation of the Negro, is the heaviest blow yet given the
Confederacy…. By arming the Negro we have added a powerful ally. They will make good soldiers and taking them from the enemy
weakens him in the same proportion they strengthen us.”
Ulysses S. Grant
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King Cotton Diplomacy
• An attempt to blackmail Britain or France to recognize the Confederacy as a nation
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Process
• Create an artificial cotton shortage
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Process
• Create an artificial cotton shortage
• Leads to higher unemployment in Britain & France
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Process
• Create an artificial cotton shortage• Leads to higher unemployment in Britain &
France• Unemployment leads to an increase in
social problems such as crime, prostitution, etc.
• These problems will force Britain and France to recognize the Confederacy and thus resume cotton shipments
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Reasons for Failure
• Egyptian cotton was abundant.
• British and French crop failures forced them to import Union wheat.
• British and French working classes willing to suffer if it meant the end of slavery in the United States.
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