    
Title: A Political Cartoon Depicting the Trent Affair Description: A political cartoon depicting the Trent Affair in which U.S. Secretary of State William Seward points to a ship ferrying seized Confederate diplomats and trying to broker a peace; Union soldiers had arrested Confederate diplomats James Mason (James Murray Mason; November 3, 1798-April 28, 1871) and John Slidell (1793-July 26, 1871) in what became known as the Mason and Slidell Affair and also as the Trent Affair; Union soldiers removed them from a British ship on November 8, 1861, as they were bound for Great Britain and France to voice the Confederacy's case for diplomatic recognition in Europe during the American Civil War (1861-1865); Category: Political Figures Topic: U.S. Presidents Subject: Abraham Lincoln Keywords: American Civil War (1861-1865), cartoons, Confederate diplomats, Mason and Slidell Affair, diplomats, political cartoons, politicians, Trent Affair, U.S. secretaries of state. Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 2100 x 1080 (2.27 MPixels) (1.94) Print Size: 17.8 x 9.1 cm; 7.0 x 3.6 inches File Size: 6.52 MB (6,832,792 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000530519 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
