I apologize, it wasn't the whole of Brittan, I excludded the so called "Official" position of the government and its abolisionist supporters. I should have been more specific about which divisons of which countries I was refering to.

Factions of the Brittish as well as the French did however not support the interuption of commerce from the South at least initially during the war and more than one political cartoonist in the UK as well as France did do their best to paint Lincon in paticular in a bad light, especially prior to election but also during the war, where as the new markets that were opened were done by nessesity due to sudden sortages that initially cuased hardship as opposed to by design of oportunity seeking if I recall correctly.