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Confederacy transplanted in Brazil
Confedera dvy settlers founded Vila Americana in southeast Brazil after the Civil War. Descendants of American Southerners maintain flag banners and hold quarterly visits to graves with services in Portuguese. By 1866 2000 Southerners emigrated, establishing outposts from the Amazon to Parana. many failed, some returned home. Colonel William Hutchinson Norris rose early as a successful planter near Sao Paulo, growing cotton, rice and corn.
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Americana
Brazil
Vila Americana
Dixie
Latin America
South
Amazon Jungle
Parana
Paraguay
Argentina
Col
William Hutchinson Norris
Sao Paulo
Alabama
Norris
U. S
Selmaland
Vila
Sylas de Nucci
U.S