because they are ignorant.
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
They thought Britain would be pleased to seeAmerica, its fast-growing economic rival, split into two. And they knew that France was wanting influence in Mexico, and it would suit them if Mexico's next-door neighbour, the Confederacy was pro-French.
A majority of Southerners were small farmers.
The southerners viewed slaves as property.
the southerners viewed slaves as a good thing
Scallywags
Northerners were called the Union. Southerners were called the Confederacy.
The Confederacy
The Confederacy....
Many southerners hoped dependence on cotton would force great Britain to formally reconize the confederacy as an independent nation.
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
France and England
They did not recognise the Confederacy as a sovereign nation. They regarded it as a collection of states in rebellion against the US IMPROVEMENT .....and they called them "rebels" or "Johnny Reb" or "Goddamn secessionists"
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.