Strong circumstantial evidence supporting piracy as a cause of the Civil War.

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England and France officially stayed neutral but unofficially France supported the South. How exactly was this holding the Americans responsible for anything?

Elements in France may have been disappointed that the US did not halt the piracy and human trafficking, then treated the South with great generosity and leniency after the war.

Think about the statue they sent us.  A miserable looking woman, wrapped in a sheet, wearing a fancy hat, holding a light over her head, and holding what may be a ledger.  

I'd say it's a snide jab at the USA for not halting trafficking culture.

People may read that and say I am mixed up but I don't think everyone in a given country thinks like everyone else.