The Private Banking Connection to the US Civil War
… European bankers. The European banking interests were in favor of ending slavery, yet they financially supported the Confederacy in any case.
Why Bankers Prefer the British School of Economics Over Slaver
This is explained in the following quotation.
“Slavery just meant that the owners had to feed and care for their workers. The bankers preferred the European plan, capital would exploit labor by controlling the money supply while letting the laborers be themselves in July of 1862. This ploy was revealed in an editorial document called the hazard circular which was circulated by British banking interests. Among their American banking