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Grave found of man who bankrolled Confederates in American civil war
guardian.co.uk ^ | Monday 10 August 2009 10.16 BST | Maev Kennedy

Posted on 08/26/2009 8:21:14 AM PDT by Nikas777

Academic uncovers lost London resting place of Charles Kuhn Prioleau, and the forgotten story of Confederate support in Britain

Maev Kennedy

guardian.co.uk, Monday 10 August 2009 10.16 BST

The grave of a man who bankrolled the Confederate side in the American civil war, and ended up costing the British government £3.3m in compensation to the victorious north, has been tracked down in a patch of brambles in a London cemetery.

Charles Kuhn Prioleau, a cotton merchant born in Charleston, South Carolina, was based in Liverpool during the war, from 1861 to 1865. He disappeared from history in a bonfire of company records and correspondence after his firm went bankrupt, having sent supplies, funds, and blockade-busting ships to the Confederates.

But his mortal remains have now been traced to Kensal Green cemetery by a US academic who is gradually unearthing the almost forgotten story of Confederate support in England, which takes in the highest ranks of British politics and society.

(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: charleskuhnprioleau; confederacy; dixie; godsgravesglyphs; itwasaboutslavery; partyoftreason; proslaveryskinheads
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1 posted on 08/26/2009 8:21:15 AM PDT by Nikas777
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2 posted on 08/26/2009 8:24:11 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: SunkenCiv

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3 posted on 08/26/2009 8:25:40 AM PDT by bamahead (Avoid self-righteousness like the devil- nothing is so self-blinding. -- B.H. Liddell Hart)
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To: Nikas777

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4 posted on 08/26/2009 8:35:47 AM PDT by Dream Warrior (Never underestimate the POWER of an ARROGANT President and Congress!)
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To: Nikas777

Interesting.

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5 posted on 08/26/2009 8:36:48 AM PDT by Moose4 (Ted Kennedy: "If they bring up Camelot, we get to bring up the lady in the lake.")
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To: Nikas777

Grave found of man who bankrolled the Communist takover of the United States in the early 21st Century. George Soros...


6 posted on 08/26/2009 8:37:58 AM PDT by AJMCQ (Who is Khalid al-Mansour? You mean Obama didn't get into Harvard on his grades?)
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To: Nikas777

Well..., there was a supporter of the 10th Amendment... :-)


History and case law

The Tenth Amendment is similar to an earlier provision of the Articles of Confederation: “Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled.”


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution


7 posted on 08/26/2009 8:42:16 AM PDT by Star Traveler (The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a Zionist and Jerusalem is the apple of His eye.)
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To: stainlessbanner

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8 posted on 08/26/2009 8:50:53 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Nikas777

Interesting middle name he had. ;^)>


9 posted on 08/26/2009 8:53:10 AM PDT by Vigilantcitizen
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To: Star Traveler
Wars have unintended consequences - in the case of the Civil War the northern states did not want to end their sovereignty either but by the end of the war both the northern and the southern states were increasingly centralized as a result of that war to the point where state sovereignty is now really just an illusion - sort of like having a constitutional monarchy - just the trappings of it.

The war also transformed the Confederacy's central govt which has a result of the pressures of war reduced the sovereignty of their confederate states and attempted to centralize the war fighting effort of the states.

10 posted on 08/26/2009 8:54:36 AM PDT by Nikas777 (En touto nika, "In this, be victorious")
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So in a sense, we as a nation have unfinished business regarding the true reason for the original Civil War...States’ Rights.

It was Lincoln who masked the real war in a moral struggle to end slavery but that was not what started the war. Self determination by the individual states was the true cause. That issue has yet to be resolved. Hence we are moving back to where we started. But this time, there is no moral high ground that trumps the true argument. The Federal Government will be hard pressed to defend the transgressions of our Constitution when push comes to shove.


11 posted on 08/26/2009 9:12:41 AM PDT by johnnycap
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To: Nikas777

And onward goes the march towards a one-world government... as the Bible says is coming...

Actually, one of the things that many may not have considered is that the successor to the *evil one-world government* of the Antichrist of the Bible — is — the *one-world government* and absolute ruler over all, Jesus Christ... :-)

In other words, no matter what, it’s going to be a “one-world government”...


12 posted on 08/26/2009 9:14:12 AM PDT by Star Traveler (The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a Zionist and Jerusalem is the apple of His eye.)
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To: johnnycap
The SOuth masked the intent of the war also. The South was run more like an oligarchy than a republic and the southern oligarchs feared losing influence in the Senate in part over the southern economic system that used slavery vs the northern industrial economy.

Now you can argue state's rights means you can leave for any reason you want - a no fault divorce - if you will but that does take away the moral rectitude from the southern state's right claim somewhat.

13 posted on 08/26/2009 9:17:31 AM PDT by Nikas777 (En touto nika, "In this, be victorious")
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To: Star Traveler

That is an interesting tangent of thought.


14 posted on 08/26/2009 9:21:05 AM PDT by Nikas777 (En touto nika, "In this, be victorious")
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15 posted on 08/26/2009 3:54:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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16 posted on 08/26/2009 4:07:04 PM PDT by kalee (01/20/13 The end of an error.... Obama even worse than Carter.)
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Whoops! And thanks bamahead. My reply happened during the odd database problems we all experienced earlier this afternoon and evening.


17 posted on 08/26/2009 5:46:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: johnnycap; All
actually "lincoln, the DESTROYER of the Constitution & cheap,scheming, shyster lawyer" said repeatedly (in his own handwriting) that the war was NEVER about "slavery", "freeing the slaves" or ANYTHING else except "preserving the Union" (of the UNWILLING!!!)

almost a MILLION Americans DIED for his LUST for PERSONAL POWER & to make "his merry band of thugs, war profiteers & politicians" RICH.

lincoln, clinton & bho are THREE of a KIND. = DISHONEST, power-HUNGRY & willing to say/agree to/do ANYTHING to get more POWER/money. FACT.

free dixie,sw

18 posted on 08/26/2009 6:37:42 PM PDT by stand watie (Thus saith The Lord of Hosts, LET MY PEOPLE GO.)
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To: stand watie
Hear, Hear.

Those 3 were/are also puppets of international banking cartels, money masters. The very people responsible for the current [attempted] takeover of this country. http://www.modernhistoryproject.org/mhp/ArticleDisplay.php?Article=NoneDare03&Entity=USCivilWar

19 posted on 08/27/2009 4:55:08 AM PDT by wolfcreek (KMTEXASA!)
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To: Nikas777; All
just out of curiosity, WHERE did you get that REVISIONIST/STATIST bilge??

fwiw, the revolution of our southern ancestors against our northeastern "masters" (the financial/social/intellectual/business ELITES) was a PEASANT REVOLT, led by a relative handful of professionals like Robert E. Lee & Thomas (Stonewall) Jackson.

that is one of the main reasons that our southern ancestors failed in their quest for FREEDOM. = peasant revolts seldom succeed. (the only one that i can think of offhand, that it can be argued that did succeed, was the Vietnamese revolution.)

had the south won, the southern "plantation aristocracy" might well have been NEXT on "the list of dixie's enemies", as they had in all too many cases collaborated with the invading DAMNyankee army. ( nature is unkind to TURNCOATS.)

free dixie,sw

20 posted on 08/27/2009 6:38:00 AM PDT by stand watie (Thus saith The Lord of Hosts, LET MY PEOPLE GO.)
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