This had become a common tactic, especially since the French Revolution, but it had always been an arrow in the quiver of governments...
Spanish Florida had threatened British Southern colonies by offering their slaves freedom....if they made it to Spanish Florida.
Spanish Florida had threatened British Southern colonies by offering their slaves freedom....if they made it to Spanish Florida.
The British had learned from that, and from the American Rebellion, that, even after the age of the democratic revolution, two or more could play this dangerous game. They threatened Austria, especially, regarding Italy, Germany, and the Balkans.
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