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The Spectator, war and slavery: a note on our history

8 June 2020

11:32 PM

8 June 2020

11:32 PM

In her article about the point of protest, Tali Fraser mentions the support of Manchester in the 1860s for the North against the slave-owning South in the US civil war. At the time, this was an unpopular cause amongst the British elite. Of all the publications still around today, only one backed Abraham Lincoln then: The Spectator.

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