The Confederados : Old South Immigrants in Brazil.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword (Michael L. Conniff) -- Introduction: The Confederados (Cyrus B. Dawsey and James M. Dawsey) -- One. Leaving The Context of the Southern Emigration to Brazil (Cyrus B. Dawsey and James M. Dawsey) -- Two. The Journey The Sarah Bellona Smith Ferguson Narrative (Edited by Cyrus B. Dawsey and James M. Dawsey) -- Three. Settling: Migration of the McMullan Colonists and Evolution of the Colonies in Brazil (William C. Griggs) -- Four. Fitting In: Relocating Family and Capital within the Nineteenth-Century Atlantic World Economy: The Brazilian Connection (Laura Jarnagin) -- Five. The Heritage: The Confederados' Contributions to Brazilian Agriculture, Religion, and Education (Cyrus B. Dawsey and James M. Dawsey) -- Six. The Baptists: Southern Religion and Émigrés to Brazil, 1865-1885 (Wayne Flynt) -- Seven. The Methodists: The Southern Migrants and the Methodist Mission (James M. Dawsey) -- Eight. A Community Center: Evolution and Significance of the Campo Site in the Santa Bárbara Settlement Area (Cyrus B. Dawsey) -- Nine. Constructing Identity: Defining the American Descendants in Brazil (John C. Dawsey) -- Ten. The Language: The Preservation of Southern Speech among the Colonists (Michael B. Montgomery and Cecil Ataide Melo) -- Eleven. Conclusions: Currents in Confederado Research (Cyrus B. Dawsey and James M. Dawsey) -- Postscript: Reflections of a Confederado (Eugene C. Harter) -- Notes -- Annotated Bibliography (James M. Gravois and Elizabeth J. Weisbrod) -- Contributors -- Index.

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