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    The Trent Affair was a diplomatic incident in 1861 during the American Civil War that threatened a war between the United States and Great Britain. The...
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  • Navy ships RMS Trent, a British steamship involved in the Trent Affair during the US Civil War SS Trent, a steamship built in 1899 Trent-class lifeboat...
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  • by Britain and France. A serious diplomatic dispute erupted over the "Trent Affair" in late 1861 but was resolved peacefully after five weeks. British intervention...
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  • "Trent Affair" in November 1861. A US Navy ship seized two Confederate diplomats (James Murray Mason and John Slidell) from the British steamer Trent....
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    provoked the Trent Affair, also known as the Mason and Slidell Affair, which almost led to war between the United Kingdom and the United States. Trent continued...
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  • Britain and the United States were high due to incidents such as the Trent Affair, blockade runners loaded with British arms supplies bound for the Confederacy...
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    Civil War between 1861 and 1865, he commanded USS San Jacinto during the Trent Affair in which he stopped a Royal Mail ship and removed two Confederate diplomats...
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    Maryland and elsewhere, and averted British intervention by defusing the Trent Affair. In 1863, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared the...
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    discuss the indiscreet affair. In his final weeks, Albert suffered from pains in his back and legs. Also in November 1861, the Trent Affair—the forcible removal...
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    1861 "Trent Affair," a diplomatic controversy involving the U.S. Navy's removal of Confederate commissioners from the British mail-steamer, RMS Trent. On...
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