Assertion: u.s.'s government | /r/CapableOf | recognize the confederacy
Facets:
value: as an independent country
type: MANNER
value: officially
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: No foreign government ever officially recognized the Confederacy as an independent country, although Great Britain and France granted it belligerent status, which allowed Confederate agents to contract with private concerns for arms and other supplies.
text: Seward instructed Adams that if the British government seemed inclined to recognize the Confederacy, or even waver in that regard, it was to receive a sharp warning, with a strong hint of war: