MiniMunch t1_j6mxb61 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 1:54 PM Reply to comment by glintandswirl in Today I learned the first overseas Consulate of the United States was in Liverpool, established in 1790! by Seahawk124 Yeah we literally do a whole section on it at my university in Liverpool. I think people would rather believe we don’t have such a horrible past. We had a lot of foreign legions go to fight on the confederate side in the American civil war also. Permalink Parent 3
MiniMunch t1_j6kxwdf wrote on January 31, 2023 at 1:33 AM Reply to Today I learned the first overseas Consulate of the United States was in Liverpool, established in 1790! by Seahawk124 Yes no surprise Liverpool had a big hand in the slave trade. Permalink 6
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Reply to comment by glintandswirl in Today I learned the first overseas Consulate of the United States was in Liverpool, established in 1790! by Seahawk124
Yeah we literally do a whole section on it at my university in Liverpool. I think people would rather believe we don’t have such a horrible past. We had a lot of foreign legions go to fight on the confederate side in the American civil war also.