Die Trent Affäre, Argumentierte an einer amerikanischen Bar. Einen diplomatischen Zwischenfall im Jahre 1861, während des Amerikanischen Bürgerkrieges, der einen Krieg zwischen den Vereinigten Staaten und dem Vereinigten Königreich bedroht.
6160 x 4224 px | 52,2 x 35,8 cm | 20,5 x 14,1 inches | 300dpi
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1862
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Original engraving from The Illustrated London news of 4 January 1862. Info from wiki: The Trent Affair was a diplomatic incident in 1861 during the American Civil War that threatened a war between the United States and the United Kingdom. The U.S. Navy illegally captured two Confederate diplomats from a British ship; the UK protested vigorously. The United States closed the incident by releasing the diplomats. On November 8, 1861, the USS San Jacinto, commanded by Union Captain Charles Wilkes, intercepted the British mail packet RMS Trent and removed, as contraband of war, two Confederate diplomats – James Murray Mason and John Slidell. The envoys were bound for Britain and France to press the Confederacy's case for diplomatic recognition and to lobby for possible financial and military support. President Abraham Lincoln and his top advisors did not want to risk war with Britain over this issue. After several tense weeks, the crisis was resolved when the Lincoln administration released the envoys and disavowed Captain Wilkes's actions without a formal apology. Mason and Slidell resumed their voyage to Britain but failed in their goal of achieving diplomatic recognition.
