the good old boys from Brazil

I was reading some track notes on a Mutantes cd recently and was reminded about the family history of Rita Lee. She was descended from a family of ex-Confederates who had emigrated to Brazil from the South after the Civil War. There were actually several thousand Southerners who left for Brazil in the post war years, remembered in the country as "Confederados". Some came because of Brazil's tolerant policy towards slavery, hoping that they could continue an antebellum lifestyle in the southern hemisphere. Others came simply to avoid being a part of the reunited United States. They were given generous tax breaks as immigrants, in part because Brazil had an eye towards recruiting experienced cotton planters.
Though they were a fairly small group they left a mark on Brazilian culture. One of Jimmy Carter's relatives was a Confederado in fact. There is still a town in Sao Paulo called "Americana", though Confederado descendants are a minority now.