Confederates in Brazil

[MSfeller]

I am as Southern as it gets and love our heritage. I have lived in Brazil for over a year back when I was a bull rider, to participate in the rodeos down there and get to know the country, lived in the several states there. While in the town of Americana, I met a couple of "Confederados" and one of them spoke perfect English, with a Southern accent. It was quite surreal and I was very proud. I learned Portuguese fluently there and now they are the ones surprised I can speak their language!

[cheeveka3]

So wait there is still native english speakers that are Confederados in Brazil cause those 2 guys surely sound southern

[imaStonesFan]

Love this video! Thanks for posting.

[Hothschild]

Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton, ... Away, away, away.... Oh I wish I was in Dixie, in dixie land i'll take my stand to live or die in dixie.... In Dixie Land where I was born, early on one frosty mornin, look away! Look away... :)

[MrArazael]

VIVA LA CONFEDERACION!! HELLYEAH!

[MrSpemat]

takin' the twang down to Brazil... hee haw!!!

[jediguardian1]

Dang, Do some of you guys know Spanish? Thats the Closest Language I have to Portuguese....

[Buanand]

I'm unreconstructed.

[TexasReb93]

its wonderfull to see them celebrate there roots

and to see nonreconstructed Confederates warms my heart

[Spartan265]

This was a very interesting video. I enjoyd it

[odephraimchai]

John Conrad Kennerly Wilkinson Co.Mississippi move to Jau,Sao Paulo,Brazil

confederate soldier 1838 - 1894

[ProfDixie]

Nice vid. thank you

[justanothersheeple]

wait, you guys got libertarians down there? dont listen to noam chomsky please, he's actually libertarian socialist..thanks

[justanothersheeple]

BRAVO!

[MrPontiacTransAm]

A true southerner would have stayed and not let the Union influence effect their way of life. Those Confederates who left the U.S are cowards and who let people push them around. Moving away just says you give up.

[formyfolk]

@ MrPontiacTansAm

when the confederates fled to brazil the war was already over. what would you have them do, keep fighting to the death of every southerner?

while a banzai charge may be admirable it is also foolish.

they probably just knew full well what was in store for them under the wrathful control of the north.

[todddoom]

Really interesting story. My grandmother talked a little about my Confederate ancestors. It is so interesting to see people in Brazil that have the same connections to the old South. I live in Jacksonville Florida.

[shillcw]

Cool, i am moving to Jax, FL soon. They have a great museum there. Museum of Southern History. Go SCV group there too. You a member?

[todddoom]

I am a member of both! I fix the copy machine at the museum for free and am a member of the SCV camp 1209, Jacksonville Florida. Send my your address and I'll add you to our mouthly newsletter list.

[SouthernSoldier16]

Sweet video, greetings from MD, USA

[ltfallin]

Interesante, pues hay muchos casos de Confederado-Americanos .. en el sentido que ... por ejemplo, mis padres son de Arkansas y Missouri pero yo naci en California (si todavia norteAmericano, pero mi esposa es de Mexico y mis hijos estuvieron nacidos en Nuevo Mexico y somos bilingues, eso es OTRO Caso de Confederado Americanos. Quiero hacer una visita a Brasil para conocer mis otros Compatriotas :) Obrigado, gracias por este video

[slightlysingle]

Well, good for them! This is a fascinating story. I had to sort of laugh when the one gentleman proclaimed he was a descendant of both his mother and his father! Aren't we all lol?!

I wish them the best and hope they can retain their heritage.

[realheadcrusher]

@slightlysingle I think he meant both were Americans, but it was funny anyway.

[sebahelder]

So curious and interesting. Really unique.

[34271850]

Este vídeo emociona. Com que carinho essa gente cultua seus antepassados! Para o Brasil ficou o exemplo da saga desse povo admirável e o legado que nos deixou na colonização de uma região que hoje é um dos polos de desenvolvimento do país. Belo vídeo.

[kampuskop]

Awsome!