Confederate colonies
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Confederate colonies were founded by refugees from the Confederate States of America who were displaced or who fled their homes during or immediately after the American Civil War of 1861 to 1865. They
Villa Americana in 1906, an example of a Confederate colony in present-day Americana, São Paulo
Knights of the Golden Circle
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The Knights of the Golden Circle was a secret society founded in 1854 by American George W. L. Bickley. Its objective was initially to expand the United States into Latin America, adding slave states
Confederate colonies
…Mexico New Virginia Colony Other Knights of the Golden Circle Michael L. Conniff and Cyrus B. Dawsey, editors, The Confederados: Old South Immigrants in Brazil. Auburn: University of Alabama…
Seal of the president of the Knights of the Golden Circle, National Archives
An alleged secret history of the Knights of the Golden Circle published in 1863