34. Cotton Will Bring The World To its Knees: The Craziest Gamble in History (Ep 3)
Why did the Confederate states think that stopping the global supply of cotton would force Britain to join their side in the American Civil War? What extraordinary humanitarian effort did the Union pull off to help starving mill workers in Lancashire? Why were Liverpudlians building warships to support of the slave…
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