Shaking America
A podcast about stories in history that shook up the United States.
Shaking America
The Confederates Who Fled to Brazil
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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After the Civil War around 10,000 Confederates left the country rather than rejoin the United States. They fled to Brazil, hoping to establish a new society of plantation slavery.