Family Stories of the Confederados
The following are narratives from individual family web sites. These stories are told by a member or various family members who are descendants of the original settlers in the Confederate "expatriate" communities in Brazil.

Damm Family

This family settled in Brazil, then decided to return to Texas.

Hastings Family

The author of a Confederate guidebook to Brazil died during the journey.

McKnight Family

Judith McKnight Jones, the great-grand daughter of a settler wrote her stories in a book.

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Anthony Spencer
Department of Communication Studies
University of North Texas



John Domm (Damm)