-> On 27 Jan 08  18:56:01, Allen Prunty got back to God Dan 
-> Re: Marriage...? ahem....

 > That's what I stated im my original message.  The 100 day deal was
 > an incentive for for Southern States to re-enter the Union and not
 > lose their slaves.  The Proclamation had the added effect of
 > framing the conflict as a war against slavery for the British.  It
 > was shortly after it was penned that Britain withdrew its support
 > for the Confederacy.

 AP> It was never over British Support... Britain had no interest in our
 AP> war... 

Yes, they did.  They were after the South's cotton.  

 AP> Britain traded openly with both the Union and the Confederacy.

They wanted raw materials.  It was the South that was more willing 
to trade for them.  The North was becoming a competitor of 
industrialized Britain.  Textiles was the big game at the time. 

 AP> What they were primarily worried with was the border states that
 AP> supported the union and still had slaves.  If they were to lose -those-
 AP> states to the Confederacy the war would have been lost.

Which is why the Proclamation effected only slaves in areas that 
were not under Union control.  

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