How Queen Victoria's HUSBAND Averted US-British War in 1861!

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The Trent Affair, in 1861 during the American Civil war, when a Union warship boarded a British mail ship and seized Confederate envoys, brought Britain and the USA to the very brink of war.

It was only the intervention by Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert, that helped pull the two nations back from the abyss.

So, What actually happened in the Trent Affair in 1861? How close did the USA and Great Britain really come to fighting each other? And, exactly how did Prince Albert help avert that war?

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:26 Britain & American Civil War
2:05 Confederate Diplomacy
3:06 Stop the Envoys
4:19 Maritime Law
5:35 The Trent Affair
8:22 Tensions Rise
9:57 British Raise Stakes
11:26 Prince Albert
12:37 A Way Out?
13:57 Albert's Memorandum
15:46 Lincoln's Response
16:43 War Averted

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My name is Chris Green and I love to share stories from British history. Not just because they are interesting but because, good or bad, they have shaped the world we live in today.

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