Brazil, The Home For Southerners

Brazil, The Home For Southerners by Ballard S. Dunn. This work surveys postwar opportunities for Southerners to expatriate to Brazil, offering a practical account of the author's and others’ observations during visits to Brazilian lands. Dunn frames the narrative with a Preface and examines the South's condition, the Brazilian government, and the Cananea region's suitability for settlement. Through reports, letters, and official records, the book details climate, soils, crops (cotton, coffee, sugar cane), transport routes, and land policy, arguing that Brazil's environment and political structure—an Independent Empire with a constitutional monarchy—provide favorable conditions for emigration. It presents two contrasting viewpoints on emigration, then compiles tangible plans for settlement, including land grants, government loans, and infrastructure projects, and includes testimonies from American emigrants and Brazilian authorities. The volume also discusses labor arrangements, commerce, laws, and manners, concluding with a broad invitation to consider Brazil as a home for those seeking security and prosperity after the Civil War. Read more