From: Gene McAloon 

You have pointed out nothing other than your abysmal ignorance of American
history and in passing your ignorance of your own history as well.

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 11:49:46 +0100, Adam Flinton
 wrote:

>Gene McAloon wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 00:43:53 +0200, Phil Payne
>>  wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>Slavery was certainly placed under some limitations in the
US but it was
>>>>live and well right through the Civil War.  The Brits in no
way ELIMINATED
>>>>slavery in the US.
>>>
>>>Actually we did - with economic sanctions.  Mainly on cotton shipments.
>>
>>
>> That's complete nonsense. Britain supported the South during the Civil
>> War and had to run Northern blockaders to keep the cotton imports coming
>> in to feed its cotton mills. After the war you could no longer get
>> sufficient cotton from the US and so took over Egypt to change its farm
>> economy to producing a cash crop, cotton, wrecking its economy in the
>> process.
>
>Rubbish as usual Gene. We've had this discussion before & I've pointed
>out the errors made here.
>
>Adam

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