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That's a really interesting theory on Lincoln's motivations. Any sources that would back that up?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancashire_Cotton_Famine#Polit...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_and_the_America...

http://www.abrahamlincolnsclassroom.org/abraham-lincoln-in-d...

The emancipation proclamation was issued in 1863, same year as the Lancanshire Cotton Famine. The language of the document is clearly pointed outwards as much inwards.




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