United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Foreign public opinion

[“Loyal Publication Society No. 43: Reply of Messrs. Agenor de Gasparin, Edouard Laboulaye, Henri Martin, Augustin Cochin, and other friends of America in France; to the Loyal National League in New York. New York: Printed by H. Ludwig, 39 Center Street (1863/4)”] Letter regarding the European/French opinion on slavery in the United States. The authors credit slavery as the only cause of the American Civil War and describe themselves as abolitionists. They also praise President Abraham Lincoln for his efforts in preventing the expansion of slavery into the new territories. Loyal Publication Society, No. 43