> The British wanted to be pro-Union. They wanted slavery gone. tbf, we had moral reasons for wanting slavery gone but practical reasons for thinking we were b

> The British wanted to be pro-Union. They wanted slavery gone. tbf, we had moral reasons for wanting slavery gone but practical reasons for thinking we were better off with a divided America and an independent Confederacy as a useful source of cheap cotton. Some would say our political positions haven't got more realistic since. :)