Confederate colonies

They migrated to various countries, but especially Brazil, where slavery remained legal, and to a lesser extent Mexico and British Honduras (modern Belize).

Most of the emigrants were from the states of Alabama, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina, and Missouri.

[citation needed] It is unknown how many American southerners emigrated to Latin America.

[1] An unknown number returned to the United States after the end of Reconstruction, but many of the remaining immigrants who stayed adopted Brazilian citizenship.

The land titles were not recognized by the victorious Mexican republicans, who had spent years fighting an imperial government that was imposed upon them.