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IMAGE number: EVB7066663
Image title: Newspaper report of the detention of Confederate diplomats, James Mason and John Slidell, that caused the 'Trent Affair'. They were brought on board the United States warship 'San Jacinto' as prisoners, Nov. 8, 1861, by Union Captain Charles Wilkes. This action violated British sovereignty by stopping and boarding the RMS Trent, and arresting the two passengers. After two months of international crisis, the US authorities released Mason and Slidell, allowing them to sail to London from Boston on Jan 14, 1862 (wood engraving)
Medium: wood engraving
Date: 1861 AD (C19th AD)

Image description: Newspaper report of the detention of Confederate diplomats, James Mason and John Slidell, that caused the 'Trent Affair'. They were brought on board the United States warship 'San Jacinto' as prisoners, Nov. 8, 1861, by Union Captain Charles Wilkes. This action violated British sovereignty by stopping and boarding the RMS Trent, and arresting the two passengers. After two months of international crisis, the US authorities released Mason and Slidell, allowing them to sail to London from Boston on Jan 14, 1862 (BSLOC_2018_6_45)
Photo credit: Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: 19th century / North America / America (continent) / art / USA / engraving / American Civil War (1861-1865) / history / newspaper / Atlantic ocean / politics / black and white / artwork / print

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