Balaklava, Russia +

In this part of the story, Seacole ended up having a hard life in Balaklava. From there, Seacole ended up procuring the Turks from the Turkish Pacha, and would end up deciding to help out the Pacha by acting like some sort of Ambassoder. She would later meet up with the Turkish Pacha, which was said to have laid the foundation of a lasting friendship. Indeed the Pacha and her got along together, "The Pacha's great ambition was to be familiar with the English language, and at last nothing would do but he must take lessons of me" (pg. 98). It was an interesting moment in this story since we don't often see friendships like this being made in the story.

Mountains surrounded by water

Seacole, Mary. Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands, Penguin Classics. 1857. (pg. 98)

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Latitude: 59.947913000000
Longitude: 30.278187300000

Timeline of Events Associated with Balaklava, Russia +

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1853 to 1856

The Crimean War

The Crimean War occurred from October 1853 to February 1856. It was a conflict involving Russia, France, Britain, Sardinia, and the Ottoman Empire that centered around the status of the rights of Christian minorities living in the Ottoman Empire’s Holy Land. This war has also been understood to be the product of the Ottoman Empire’s disintegration, and specifically a tension between Russia’s insistence to protect Orthodox members of the Ottoman Empire and France’s and Britain’s insistence to manage the Russian Orthodox and Christian churches in Palestine. Public unrest emerged in Britain as the country’s involvement resulted in a high death toll and misinformation about the war spread. These tensions manifested in protests such as the 1955 Snowball Riot. Besides this dispute for former Ottoman territory, Britain and Russia were involved in conflicts over disputed territory in India.

While Mill explicitly refers to the American War for Independence and details his position on slavery, he only implicitly alludes to the Crimean War, as evidenced when he writes: “The renewed oppression of the Continent by the old reigning families, the English Government’s apparent acceptance of the conspiracy against liberty called the Holy Alliance, and the enormous weight of the national debt and taxation caused by that long and costly war, made the government and parliament very unpopular” (Mill 103). Mill notes that as a result of this war, the Radicalist movement was placed under scrutiny and eventually became more extreme as “a spirit that had ever appeared before” appeared (Mill 103). Mill uses the financial and military blunders produced from the Crimean War to contextualize the rise of radicalism in England and how Bentham’s school of thought gained more prominence. Thus, understanding the Crimean War is useful for making sense of Mill's philosophy, his involvement with Bentham, and his overarching views on liberty and utilitarianism. 

“Crimean War.” Enclopaedia Britannica, 27 February 2021, www.britannica.com/event/Crimean-War.
Autumn 1853 to Winter 1856

The Crimean War

The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of the U.K., the Ottoman Empire, France, and Sardinia. The war lasted from 1853 to 1856.

Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_War

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Ramirez, Valentin. Wikipedia, 2004, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_War.
2 Oct 1853 to 30 Mar 1856

Crimean War

Image from Crimean WarThe Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. Britain enters the conflict on 28 March 1854. Image: Photograph of Cornet Henry John Wilkin, by Roger Fenton (1855). Wilkin survived the Charge of the Light Brigade. This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID cph.3g09124. The image is in the public domain in the United States because its copyright has expired.

Articles

Stefanie Markovits, "On the Crimean War and the Charge of the Light Brigade"
The middle of the month Autumn 1853 to The end of the month Spring 1856

The Crimean War

The Crimean War was a battle that lasted from 1853-1856. It started when Russia threatened many European countries, such as Great Britain and France due to their desire to annex Turkey, which by then was known as the Ottoman Empire. This was especially troublesome for Britain, as Russia wanted to take over a country that was vital to their trading practices in eastern countries. This started an alliance between the Ottomans, British, French, and eventually Sardinia. This war helped the countries demonstrate the changes they put their militaries through: “developments in technology had the potential to alter radically the way in which war is fought; other changes, such as. . . the telegraph, would transform. . . how rapidly events in the East were viewed from the home front” (Markovits 1). The changes in military had helped gain wins for both sides, with Britain’s alliance ultimately winning the war. In addition to that, this was the first war to ever use such modern technology at the time, ranging from telegraphs to naval shells.

Unfortunately, there were other problems in the war aside from casualties. There was much criticism regarding mismanagement during certain battles. These criticisms were made apparent during one such battle, known as the Charge of the Light Brigade. During the battle, there was a severe miscommunication error that sent the British “headlong into retreating Russian hussars, who were fleeing from their. . . encounter with the Heavy Brigade” (Danahay 3). This mistaken order had led to extreme casualties for British troops and with no real gains for both sides. As such, the Crimean War ended up being significant due to the technological military advances at the time and the mismanagement during certain battles.

Bibliography

Danahey, Martin. “‘Valiant Lunatics’: Heroism and Insanity in British and Russian Reactions to the Charge of the Light Brigade.” BRANCH: Britain, Representation and Nineteenth-Century History. Ed. Dino Franco Felluga. Extension of Romanticism and Victorianism on the Net. Web. [2 November 2020].

Markovits, Stefanie. “On the Crimean War and the Charge of the Light Brigade.” BRANCH: Britain, Representation and Nineteenth-Century History. Ed. Dino Franco Felluga. Extension of Romanticism and Victorianism on the Net. Web. [Here, add your last date of access to BRANCH].

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Timeline-Crimean-...

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Charge-Of-The-Lig...

 The Charge of the Light Brigade was a famous battle known for how disastrous it turned out to be for the British. It was a prime example of how much impact miscommunication can have during times of battle Charge of the Light Brigade