[dp0622]

I hope they are leading good and happy lives.

[Sawdring]

I wonder of they are still fighting it on Internet boards in Brazil.

[colorado tanker]

Oh, God, don’t tell Sharpton and Jackson about this . . .

[ifinnegan]

Interesting. Brazil has interesting areas, like the very German areas.

Still, after the Civil War my Grandma’s family left Mississippi and went to Texas, not Brazil.

I think my forebears made a better decision.

But, in 50 years will that still be the case?

[lapsus calami]

 

 

Had some family there. Their reason for leaving was everything was messed up in the aftermath of the war, economy was crap, rampant and institutionalized lawlessness, couldn't make a living in that atmosphere, so they said Eff this place, the land grants were too good to pass up. They used to send up fruit baskets for the family at Christmas every year.

 

 

[goldstategop]

Their descendant speak Portuguese - Brasil-Estados Unidos.

[clee1]

I have considered relocating my family to South America; Brazil or Argentina.

I’m halfway making plans. I doubt seriously if the USA can be saved.

[nickcarraway]

Do they all talk like Fogh of Leghorn?

[11th_VA]

This is so funny - I’m thinking about all the (blue) cities and states that will now ban travel to Brazil

[ifinnegan]

Jimmy Carter at the Confederate monument in Brazil.

[SeeSharp]

Believe it or not, the first commercially successful cash crop the Confederados managed to produce was watermelons.

[centurion316]

Some 15 years or so, I met a distant cousin on an internet genealogy site. We never met face to face, but we exchanged emails for several years. His family came from North Carolina and arrived in Brazil with no money, but build a good life over several generations. They were not wealthy and very few ever went to college. In many ways their standard of living was not changed beyond that they knew in North Carolina. My guess was that they had lost about 3 generations of economy progress by moving to Brazil. This guy spoke only Portuguese, although he could write fairly well in English.

[rockrr]

Now there’s the makings for a great book.

[W.]

Wonder if they ran into any Krauts back about 1945 or so?

[redfreedom]

Nice to see people proudly showing the Confederate Flag, which used to be an important part of our nation’s heritage until the tolerant leftists could not tolerate it.

The photos remind me of a reenactment, where in the US either gray or blue would be showing off their muskets. I have a feeling those poor folks do not have that option.

And 150 years from today in some far off country there will be a news piece showing those that fled America today, those persecuted for being faithful to their Constitution and religion.

[fso301]

My understanding is the have become pretty much Portuguese speaking Brazilians.

[stylecouncilor]

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