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Nathaniel Hawthorne loathed the post he was awarded in this city for (15[1])writing Franklin Pierce’s campaign biography. In this city, one of Robert E. Lee’s pipes was auctioned off during a “Southern Bazaar” that raised funds for Confederate POWs. This city was home to the rival spy networks of Thomas Haines Dudley and James Dunwoody (-5[1])Bulloch. James Waddell ordered the final official lowering of the Confederate flag in this city when he surrendered the Shenandoah. This city was the site of the first US (*) overseas consulate. A shipyard near this city produced the Laird Rams (10[1])and a sloop that became the (-5[1])focus of damage (10[1])claims after sinking (10[1])at the Battle of (-5[1])Cherbourg, the CSS (10[1]-5[1])Alabama. This city was the main destination of Confederate blockade runners in a country that (-5[1])suffered a “Cotton Famine” (10[1])in nearby Lancashire. For 10 points, what port city (10[1])was the center of the Atlantic slave trade in Britain? ■END■ (10[5]0[1])

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