EPISODE · May 9, 2026 · 46 MIN
Americana/Confederates in Brazil
from Cronicas al Sur del Rio Grande (Episodios de Historia Latino Americana) · host Un Podcast de Juan Carlos Navarrete
The year was 1865. The South had fallen. The Confederacy was ash and defeat. Yet some refused to surrender—not even to oblivion.They crossed the Atlantic. They ventured deep into the Brazilian interior. And in the heart of the state of São Paulo, they planted cotton, erected churches, and built a city they named—in English—Americana.Today, their descendants still dance at the colony’s balls. They still bear surnames such as Norris, Pyles, and McFadden. And every year, they don gray uniforms so as not to forget where they came from.What happens when the vanquished refuse to vanish? What legacy is borne by those who flee from history—only to reproduce it far from home?
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The year was 1865. The South had fallen. The Confederacy was ash and defeat. Yet some refused to surrender—not even to oblivion.They crossed the Atlantic. They ventured deep into the Brazilian interior. And in the heart of the state of São Paulo, they planted cotton, erected churches, and built a city they named—in English—Americana.Today, their descendants still dance at the colony’s balls. They still bear surnames such as Norris, Pyles, and McFadden. And every year, they don gray uniforms so as not to forget where they came from.What happens when the vanquished refuse to vanish? What legacy is borne by those who flee from history—only to reproduce it far from home?
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