See Also: AFTERMATH(law)
aftermath(dictionary)
aftermath(dictionary)
Trent(dictionary)
SEVERN TRENT PLC(finance)
Trent, Council of(encyclopedia)
Trent, River(encyclopedia)
Trent Affair(encyclopedia)
Trent Canal(encyclopedia)
Stoke-on-Trent(dictionary)

Trent Affair (sh) and aftermath (oh)


Trent Affair (sh)




(1861) Incident in the American Civil War involving freedom of the seas.

On Nov. 8, 1861, the Union frigate San Jacinto stopped the neutral British steamer Trent to seize Confederate commissioners John Slidell and James Murray Mason, who were en route to England and France to seek support for the Confederacy. Protests in Britain denounced the action and called for war. On December 26, William Seward admitted the Union's error in not bringing the ship into a U.S. port for adjudication, and the two men were soon released.


aftermath (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: aftermath 'grass that grows after earlier grass has been cut' (16-19 centuries), from after + math 'mowing' (11-20 centuries) (from Old English mAth)]
the period of time after something such as a war, storm, or accident when people are still dealing with the results
aftermath of
::the danger of disease in the aftermath of the earthquake