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“Confederate Southern Americans” a minority like hispanics and african americans?
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06-15-2004, 07:34 PM
The1calledTKE
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Originally posted by AlphaSigOU
Whew! For a minute I thought I read it as Confederate South Americans...
Actually, a contingent of Southerners after the Civil War packed up and left the Deep South and moved even further south... to Brazil! The descendants of these settlers still honor their ancestors' traditions today, even though most of 'em speak Brazilian Portuguese instead of Southern English.
More info:
http://www.comm.unt.edu/histofperf/t...ction_page.htm
http://www.mablanentertainment.com/conf.htm
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclop...ricana,-Brazil
P.S. And they don't have a hang-up over flying the Stars and Bars!
I read about them before. That is quite interesting.
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