Henry Hotze

Henry Hotze
BornSeptember 2, 1833
DiedApril 19, 1887 (1887-04-20) (aged 53)
NationalitySwiss-American
Known forUnofficial Diplomatic Agent of the Confederate States of America
SpouseRuby Senac
Parents
  • Rudolf Hotze (father)
  • Sophie Essinger (mother)

Henry Hotze (September 2, 1833 – April 19, 1887) was a Swiss American propagandist for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. He acted as a Confederate agent in Great Britain, attempting to build support for the Southern cause there. Hotze attempted to use liberal arguments of self-determination in favor of national independence, echoing the failed European revolutions of 1848. He also promised that the Confederacy would be a low-tariff nation in contrast to the high-tariff United States, and he emphasized the consequences of cotton shortages for the industrial workers in Britain, as caused by the Union blockade of Southern ports.[1]

  1. ^ Andre Fleche, Revolution of 1861: The American Civil War in the Age of Nationalist Conflict (2012) p 84.