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Why did Lajos Kossuth travel to England and the United States after his confinement?
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Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth, lithograph, 1849.
After his confinement in Kütahya, Anatolia, following the failed Hungarian struggle for independence, Lajos Kossuth traveled to England and the United States primarily to seek international support for the Hungarian cause.1
The United States government had formally invited him to visit and provided a frigate for his journey. During his travels, Kossuth addressed numerous mass meetings in England and received widespread popular acclaim in both countries. Despite this enthusiastic public reception, he was ultimately unable to secure official government support for Hungary's independence in either nation.1