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 Posted: Wed Oct 8th, 2008 05:42 pm
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 I have never researched this but why would France want to commit to the CSA in a war seen as a fight to retain slavery?
Both Britain and France were big cotton importers and although the drying up of that did, for a while, cause very great damage to the economy and industry of both countries it was not too long before cotton imports from the Indian sub-continent filled that void and the mills started rolling again.
Also the ship-building industry in both countries profited greatly from the war churning out blockade runners and commerce raiders.
Neither Britain or France had anything to gain from military intervention.