About twenty thousand whites from the Deep South migrated to ___________________ whose emperor offered subsidized transport and cheap land and where slavery was still legal.

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About twenty thousand whites from the Deep South migrated to ___________________  whose emperor offered subsidized transport and cheap land and where slavery was still legal.​

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After the American Civil War and the abolition of slavery in the United States, many Southerners, disillusioned and seeking to maintain a way of life that included slavery, moved to Brazil. The Brazilian emperor at the time, Dom Pedro II, offered incentives such as subsidized transport and cheap land to attract these immigrants, in part because Brazil had not yet abolished slavery (it would do so in 1888). This migration led to the establishment of a community of Confederados in Brazil, descendants of whom still celebrate their heritage today.

About Twenty Thousand Whites from the Deep South Migrated to ___________________