Dr. Clarie Settlemire, professor of history, served as the editorial board's general faculty editor with Bruce Irvin, a history major from Monaca as student editor.
Free copies are available from the history department.
The South, seeking relief and support from outside nations, attempted to send two influential emissaries to England by ship. Irvin's research tells of their plan, voyage, capture, negotiation and ultimate release by President Lincoln. The essay also examines the effects of 500 years of foreign influence in the country and how race relations played, and continue to play, a dominant role in the country's development. The research work examines social and political factors in the conflict along with religious aspects important to the region. The report also touches on Haiti and explores Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and other nearby countries.