Prior to 1800, many colonists loyal to the throne of Britain immigrated to north and south Alabama to escape involvement in the Revolutionary War…
Interesting News Article from Daily State Sentinel (Montgomery, Alabama) April 13, 1868 Southerners in Brazil There is an American colony of considerable size on…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume II ROBERT BROADNAX BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1792- 1877) AUTAUGA…
News clipping from The Livingston Journal, Livingston, Alabama -August 5, 1865 The Grand Masters of Free & Accepted Masons of the State of Alabama…
Return to Alabama of Dissatisfied Emigrants to Brazil Transcribed from the MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA ADVERTISER, Aug. 10, 1867 There arrived at the Central Hotel last…
(After the Civil War, many residents of the south were faced with bankruptcy after losing most of the land and property in the war…
CHARLES GRANDISON GUNTER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1806 NC – d. 1883 Brazil) Montgomery County, Alabama Charles Grandison Gunter was born in Chatham, County,…
After the American Civil War ended, Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil offered asylum for the Confederates to continue their life in Brazil. The…
