Conflict Avoidance in the Equatorial Atlantic

2008 ◽  
pp. 197-226
Author(s):  
Mark C. Hunter
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Balance Of Power ◽  
American Civil War ◽  
Conflict Avoidance ◽  
Spanish American ◽  
Equatorial Atlantic ◽  
Sea Power ◽  
Anglo American

This chapter examines how sea power was utilised and adjusted by America and Britain in order to diffuse political tensions and keep the balance of power and their individual commercial endeavours protected. In particular, it examines Anglo-American co-operation and conflict during the 1840s and 1850s; Spanish-American filibusters; naval policing; and the American Civil War. It concludes that by 1860, Britain and America were intent on avoiding conflict with one another, and that as civil war broke out in America, Britain avoided becoming embroiled in the conflict.

The Ties that Bind

2020 ◽  
pp. 147-178
Author(s):  
J. R. Oldfield
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
American Civil War ◽  
Abolitionist Movement ◽  
William Lloyd Garrison ◽  
George Thompson ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
Personal Context

This Chapter looks in details at the close personal friendship between George Thompson and William Lloyd Garrison, from their first meeting in London in 1833 to Thompson’s death in 1878. It explores in detail Thompson’s loyalty to Garrison, a loyalty that in many ways alienated him from mainstream British abolitionists. The Chapter also discusses Thompson’s role in raising British support for the Union cause during the American Civil War. Part of the intention here is to set Anglo-American co-operation within a personal context. The friendship between Thompson and Garrison sheds important light on how personal bonds underpinned the wider transatlantic abolitionist movement, at the same time accentuating the importance of international co-operation, not simply as an idea but as a lived experience.

John Elliot Cairnes and the American Civil War: A Study in Anglo-American Relations.

1970 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 599
Author(s):  
Harold D. Woodman ◽  
Adelaide Weinberg
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
American Civil War ◽  
Anglo American

John Elliot Cairnes and the American Civil War: A Study in Anglo-American Relations.

1970 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 607
Author(s):  
J. Cutler Andrews ◽  
Adelaide Weinberg
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
American Civil War ◽  
Anglo American

scholarly journals Swords into Plowshares: A Pilgrimage for the CSS Alabama

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 515-532
Author(s):  
William W Park
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Civil War ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
The United States ◽  
American Civil War ◽  
International Arbitration ◽  
Arbitral Proceedings ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
British Colonies ◽  
Historical Consequence

Abstract During the American Civil War, Britain sold ships to the Southern Confederacy in breach of neutrality obligations, triggering a dispute with the United States carrying threats of armed conflict. Some American politicians saw the dispute as an opportunity to annex Canada, then a weak assemblage of British colonies. Ultimately, arbitration in Geneva averted war, opening an era of long Anglo-American cooperation. The historical consequence of this landmark 1872 arbitration remains difficult to overstate. In addition to its diplomatic importance, the case introduced significant procedural precedents for international arbitration, including dissenting options, reasoned awards, party-appointed arbitrators, collegial deliberations, and arbitrators’ declarations on their own jurisdiction. The saga of the CSS Alabama, the vessel from which the arbitration took its name, provides a narrative as griping in detail as the arbitral proceedings prove meaningful in legal legacy.

Policing the Seas

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark C. Hunter
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Zones ◽  
Equatorial Atlantic ◽  
National Interests ◽  
Congo River ◽  
Sea Power ◽  
Select Bibliography ◽  
Northern Brazil ◽  
Anglo American

This journal explores the British and American attempts to suppress both piracy and slavery in the equatorial Atlantic in the period 1816 to 1865. It aims to demonstrate the pivotal role of naval policy in defining the Anglo-American relationship. It defines the equatorial Atlantic as the region encompassing the coastal zones of the Gulf of Mexico, Central America, Northern Brazil, and the African coast from Cape Verde to the south of the Congo River. It explores the use of sea power by both nations in pursuit of their goals, and the Anglo-American naval relations during this relatively co-operative period. At its core, it argues that naval activities result from national interests - in this instance protecting commerce and furthering economic objectives, a source of tension between America and Britain during the period. It confirms that the two nations were neither allies nor enemies during the period, yet learnt to co-exist non-violently through their strategic use of sea power during peacetime. The journal consists of an introductory chapter, eight chapters of analysis, and a select bibliography.

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