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The Trent Affair

The Trent Affair

by Thomas L. Harris

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Author
Harris, Thomas L. (Thomas LeGrand), 1863-1941
Title
The Trent affair : including a review of English and American relations at the beginning of the Civil War
Original Publication
Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1896.
Credits
deaurider, PrimeNumber and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
E456: History: America: Civil War period (1861-1865)
Subject
Trent Affair, 1861
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 77681
Release Date
January 12, 2026
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE TRENT AFFAIR
  2. 2.CONTENTS.
  3. 3.INTRODUCTION.
  4. 4.CHAPTER I. RELATIONS WITH ENGLAND.
  5. 5.CHAPTER II. ENGLISH SYMPATHY FOR THE CONFEDERACY.
  6. 6.CHAPTER III. THE QUESTION OF CONFEDERATE INDEPENDENCE.
  7. 7.CHAPTER IV. THE QUEEN’S NEUTRALITY PROCLAMATION.
  8. 8.CHAPTER V. ENGLISH NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE INSURGENTS.
  9. 9.CHAPTER VI. MR. SEWARD’S CIRCULAR TO THE GOVERNORS OF THE NORTHERN STATES.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VII. THE FIRST EFFORTS OF THE CONFEDERATES FOR RECOGNITION ABROAD.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. JAMES MURRAY MASON AND JOHN SLIDELL—THE NATURE AND MERITS OF THEIR MISSION.
  12. 12.CHAPTER IX. THE DEPARTURE OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR EUROPE.
  13. 13.CHAPTER X. THE SEIZURE OF MASON AND SLIDELL BY CAPT. WILKES.
  14. 14.CHAPTER XI. THE EFFECT IN AMERICA.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XII. THE EFFECT IN ENGLAND.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. THE BRITISH DEMAND.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. CONSIDERATION OF THE BRITISH DEMAND IN AMERICA.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XV. VIEWS OF OTHER EUROPEAN NATIONS CONCERNING THE TRENT CASE.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. THE ANSWER OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. THE SURRENDER OF MASON AND SLIDELL.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. EARL RUSSELL’S VIEW OF THE AMERICAN POSITION.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE TRENT CASE.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XX. REFLECTIONS ON THE COURSE OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.
  24. 24.INDEX.

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