Confederate loyalists including Col. William Hutchinson Norris and Maj. Lansford Hastings instead took off to the slave-holding Empire of Brazil and established colonies dubbed Confederados.

McCroskey Memorial Fund. There were no antebellum hoop skirts at the site of Brazil’s annual “Festa Confederada,” or Confederate Festival, in 2024. Flag poles that once flew the Brazilian ...

There were no antebellum hoop skirts at the site of Brazil’s annual “Festa Confederada,” or Confederate Festival, in 2024. Flag poles that once flew the Brazilian flag alongside the red, white and ...

Jordan Brasher, Macalester College (THE CONVERSATION) There were no antebellum hoop skirts at the site of Brazil’s annual “Festa Confederada,” or Confederate Festival, in 2024. Flag poles ...