This post is an update on a 10/21/09 post on this same topic. This emigration was "one of the few organized emigrations out of the US" (I don't know the others) and consisted on southerners who were too poor to own slaves, even thou some did bring their slaves with them. The emperor of Brazil-Don Pedro-wanted to recruit farmers who could grow cotton. Many of the emigrants died on disease and about 60 % returned to the US. Today there are about 200,000 Brazilians who claim American ancestry. These Brazilians will flag the Confederate "stars and bars" flag, not the battle flag.
(Google: "Confederates in Brazil")
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