Posted on Monday 17 October 2011
If you ever wondered why it was that France sent a Statue of Liberty to America, read this column in the New York Times. It is part of Disunion, a live blogging of the Civil War, live + 150 years. This article describes how the US Civil War was interpreted in France. Here is the wrap up:
In this quiet academic, John Bigelow found a resonating French voice for the American cause of Union and liberty. And in “la question amércaine,” Laboulaye and French liberals found a way of reawakening the debate over the future of democracy in France, America and the rest of the world.