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The UK was but the "Empire" wasn't
by walshemj 9y ago
The UK was but the "Empire" wasn't
- cryptonector 9y agoThe South had been the UK's biggest cotton supplier prior to the war. If you think that UK textiles manufacturers were ecstatic that hey, now they might get more cotton from Egypt or wherever, you're not right. And those manufacturers employed many, many people in the UK.