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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancashire_Cotton_Famine#Politics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancashire_Cotton_Famine#Polit... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_and_the_American_Civil_War#Potentially_recognizing_the_Confederacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_and_the_America... http://www.abrahamlincolnsclassroom.org/abraham-lincoln-in-depth/abraham-lincoln-and-cotton/ 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.