1 00:00:08,666 --> 00:00:10,233 NEXT ON KENTUCKY LIFE 2 00:00:10,333 --> 00:00:12,433 THE "CONFEDERADOS" OF BRAZIL 3 00:00:12,533 --> 00:00:16,266 (Music playing) 4 00:00:16,366 --> 00:00:19,733 FINDING FAMILY AMONG THE LOST COLONY OF THE CONFEDERACY 5 00:00:19,833 --> 00:00:29,800 (Music playing) 6 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:43,966 (Music playing) 7 00:00:52,766 --> 00:00:54,200 HELLO, I'M DAVE SHUFFETT 8 00:00:54,300 --> 00:00:57,533 AND WELCOME TO A VERY SPECIAL EDITION OF KENTUCKY LIFE 9 00:00:58,033 --> 00:01:02,233 ON THIS PROGRAM WE'RE GOING ON A TRIP TO THE DEEP, DEEP SOUTH 10 00:01:02,333 --> 00:01:05,800 ALL THE WAY TO THE BACKROADS OF BRAZIL IN SOUTH AMERICA 11 00:01:06,466 --> 00:01:09,833 WE'RE GOING THERE TO VISIT SOME FOLKS, WHO AMONG OTHER STATES 12 00:01:09,933 --> 00:01:12,433 CAN TRACE THEIR FAMILY ROOTS TO KENTUCKY 13 00:01:12,933 --> 00:01:16,166 THEIR ANCESTORS LEFT THE SOUTH AFTER THE CIVIL WAR 14 00:01:16,266 --> 00:01:20,033 IN WHAT HAS BEEN CALLED THE LARGEST EXODUS OF U.S. CITIZENS 15 00:01:20,133 --> 00:01:21,233 IN HISTORY 16 00:01:21,666 --> 00:01:23,833 THEY STARTED WHAT IS REFERRED TO BY SOME 17 00:01:23,933 --> 00:01:27,000 AS "THE LOST COLONY OF THE CONFEDERACY" 18 00:01:27,100 --> 00:01:29,566 TODAY, THEY CELEBRATE THEIR AMERICAN CONFEDERATE 19 00:01:29,666 --> 00:01:31,500 AND SOUTHERN HERITAGE EACH YEAR 20 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:33,633 AT THE "FESTA CONFEDERADA" 21 00:01:33,733 --> 00:01:37,000 THAT'S WHERE THEY DRESS UP LIKE SOUTHERN BELLES AND SOLDIERS 22 00:01:37,100 --> 00:01:38,866 SING AND DANCE TO "DIXIE" 23 00:01:38,966 --> 00:01:40,833 AND EAT BISCUITS AND FRIED CHICKEN 24 00:01:41,433 --> 00:01:43,566 SO SIT BACK NOW AND RELAX 25 00:01:43,666 --> 00:01:45,633 WHILE WE VISIT THE "CONFEDERADAS" 26 00:01:45,733 --> 00:01:48,233 AS THEY REMEMBER THEIR OLD KENTUCKY HOME 27 00:01:48,333 --> 00:01:50,433 LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY 28 00:01:50,533 --> 00:01:54,300 (Music playing) 29 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,700 5,000 MILES SOUTH OF THE MASON-DIXON LINE 30 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,533 ON THE DUSTY BACKROADS OF BRAZIL 31 00:02:00,633 --> 00:02:02,566 OUT IN THE SUGAR CANE FIELDS 32 00:02:02,666 --> 00:02:04,633 THERE IS A WELL-KEPT CEMETERY 33 00:02:04,733 --> 00:02:06,833 (Music playing) 34 00:02:06,933 --> 00:02:09,300 THE TOMBSTONES ARE IN ENGLISH 35 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:12,833 THE NAMES INSCRIBED ON THEM ARE FAMILY NAMES FROM KENTUCKY 36 00:02:12,933 --> 00:02:14,066 GEORGIA 37 00:02:14,166 --> 00:02:15,833 AND OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES 38 00:02:18,866 --> 00:02:21,433 ON THE GROUNDS OF THE CEMETERY IS A CHAPEL 39 00:02:21,533 --> 00:02:23,633 THE SENTIMENTAL HEART OF THE PEOPLE WHO GATHER HERE 40 00:02:23,733 --> 00:02:24,900 ONCE A YEAR 41 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:26,766 TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE THEM 42 00:02:26,866 --> 00:02:30,100 (Music playing) 43 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:33,233 PART FESTIVAL AND PART MEMORIAL SERVICE 44 00:02:33,333 --> 00:02:36,033 STATE FLAGS FROM THE HOMELANDS OF THEIR ANCESTORS 45 00:02:36,133 --> 00:02:37,833 ARE CARRIED AND RAISED 46 00:02:37,933 --> 00:02:44,733 (Music playing) 47 00:02:44,833 --> 00:02:46,733 THEY BRING THEIR FOOD AND THEIR MUSIC 48 00:02:46,833 --> 00:02:49,033 (Music playing) 49 00:02:49,133 --> 00:02:51,433 NOT THE TRADITIONAL FOODS OF BRAZIL 50 00:02:51,533 --> 00:02:55,566 INSTEAD, THEY MAKE FOODS LIKE HAND-MADE BISCUITS FROM SCRATCH 51 00:02:55,666 --> 00:02:58,633 USING RECIPES HANDED DOWN THROUGH THE GENERATIONS 52 00:03:00,733 --> 00:03:02,366 AND SOUTHERN STYLE FRIED CHICKEN 53 00:03:02,466 --> 00:03:08,666 (Music playing) 54 00:03:08,766 --> 00:03:12,833 YOU WILL NOT HEAR TRADITIONAL BRAZILIAN SAMBAS OR BOSSA NOVAS 55 00:03:13,866 --> 00:03:15,366 AT THE "FESTA CONFEDERADA" 56 00:03:15,466 --> 00:03:18,566 THEY DRESS UP IN SOUTHERN BELLE STYLE HOOP SKIRTS 57 00:03:18,666 --> 00:03:20,933 AND CIVIL WAR UNIFORMS 58 00:03:21,033 --> 00:03:24,866 AND DANCE TO MUSIC LIKE "DIXIE" AND "CUMBERLAND GAP" 59 00:03:24,966 --> 00:03:26,233 ♪ ♪ 60 00:03:26,333 --> 00:03:28,300 ♪ THE FIRST WHITE MAN TO CUMBERLAND GAP ♪ 61 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:30,700 ♪ THE FIRST WHITE MAN TO CUMBERLAND GAP ♪ 62 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:32,966 ♪ THE FIRST WHITE MAN TO CUMBERLAND GAP ♪ 63 00:03:33,066 --> 00:03:35,366 ♪ DR. WALKER, THE NAME OF THIS CHAP ♪ 64 00:03:35,466 --> 00:03:44,566 ♪ ♪ 65 00:03:44,666 --> 00:03:46,866 ♪ SEPTEMBER MORNING IN '62 ♪ 66 00:03:46,966 --> 00:03:48,966 ♪ SEPTEMBER MORNING IN '62... 67 00:03:49,066 --> 00:03:50,500 AFTER THE CIVIL WAR 68 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:54,100 AROUND THREE MILLION SOUTHERNERS LEFT FOR NORTHERN U.S. CITIES 69 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,700 CALIFORNIA, CANADA, EUROPE AND MEXICO 70 00:03:58,333 --> 00:04:01,366 THE DESTINATION OF THE LARGEST, MOST PROSPEROUS GROUP 71 00:04:01,466 --> 00:04:03,500 NUMBERING UP TO 20,000 PEOPLE 72 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:04,866 WAS BRAZIL 73 00:04:06,066 --> 00:04:09,066 NEAR THE SOUTHERN CITIES OF SAO PAULO AND RIO DE JANEIRO 74 00:04:09,166 --> 00:04:11,366 IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL COLONY 75 00:04:11,466 --> 00:04:13,566 NAMED "AMERICANA" BY THE LOCALS 76 00:04:13,666 --> 00:04:15,766 IN HONOR OF THE AMERICANS WHO LIVED THERE 77 00:04:22,133 --> 00:04:24,166 I CAN REMEMBER WHEN MY MOTHER... 78 00:04:24,266 --> 00:04:26,966 WHEN WE LIVED IN IPANEMA ON THE BEACH FRONT THERE 79 00:04:27,066 --> 00:04:30,433 IN RIO DE JANEIRO IN BRAZIL 80 00:04:30,533 --> 00:04:33,566 UH, SHE WOULD PLAY "DIXIE" AND SOUTHERN 81 00:04:33,666 --> 00:04:36,366 A LOT OF SOUTHERN MELODIES THAT SHE LOVED 82 00:04:36,466 --> 00:04:38,166 SOMETIMES SHE WOULD JUST SIT AROUND AND PLAY IT 83 00:04:38,266 --> 00:04:40,133 SHE'D GO TO THE PIANO AND START PLAYING, THINKING 84 00:04:41,166 --> 00:04:45,400 UH, AND IT WAS UH... YOU CAN PLAY "DIXIE" UH, SEVERAL WAYS 85 00:04:45,500 --> 00:04:48,100 YOU CAN PLAY IT AS A HAPPY, ALMOST DANCING TUNE 86 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:50,300 OR YOU CAN PLAY IT... AS A DIRGE 87 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:53,133 UH, AND UH, QUITE SAD 88 00:04:53,233 --> 00:04:58,400 (Playing "Dixie") 89 00:05:00,500 --> 00:05:02,066 MOTHER, WHO WE CALLED "MAE" 90 00:05:02,166 --> 00:05:03,700 M- IT'S SPELLED M-A-E 91 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:06,033 WHICH IS PORTUGUESE FOR "MOTHER" 92 00:05:06,133 --> 00:05:08,233 MY MOTHER WAS BORN IN, IN BRAZIL 93 00:05:08,333 --> 00:05:10,966 UH, SHE WAS A VERY INTERESTING CHARACTER 94 00:05:11,066 --> 00:05:13,900 WHO UH, WAS FIERY 95 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,766 UH, FROM APPALACHIAN STOCK 96 00:05:17,666 --> 00:05:21,833 AND UH, SHE... UH, THE HARRIS'S CAME DOWN 97 00:05:21,933 --> 00:05:23,800 THROUGH TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY 98 00:05:24,700 --> 00:05:27,366 I CAME TO THIS COUNTRY WHEN I WAS TEN YEARS OLD 99 00:05:27,466 --> 00:05:30,633 WE CAME TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1935 100 00:05:30,733 --> 00:05:34,733 AND WE LEFT THE UH, THE CONFEDERATE COLONY THERE 101 00:05:34,833 --> 00:05:37,500 'CAUSE MY FATHER DECIDED THAT HE WANTED TO AMERICA 102 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:38,900 AMERICANIZE US 103 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:43,066 SO HE SENT THE THREE CHILDREN UH, TO OHIO 104 00:05:43,166 --> 00:05:46,300 AND UH... BUT THE PEOPLE IN UH... 105 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:47,766 THE CONFEDERATES AS THEY CALLED... 106 00:05:47,866 --> 00:05:50,766 THEY CALLED THEMSELVES CONFEDERADOS IN BRAZIL 107 00:05:50,866 --> 00:05:52,900 THEY'RE MOSTLY BRAZILIAN 108 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,766 AND UH, ALL, ALL OF OUR COUSINS 109 00:05:55,866 --> 00:05:58,166 I HAVE OVER 100 COUSINS IN BRAZIL 110 00:05:58,266 --> 00:05:59,766 FROM THE CONFEDERATE COLONY 111 00:06:01,066 --> 00:06:02,766 YOU COULD CALL THIS STORY 112 00:06:02,866 --> 00:06:05,433 UH, THIS BRAZIL EXODUS 113 00:06:05,533 --> 00:06:08,100 OR THE STORY OF THREE MONUMENTS 114 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:11,500 YOU UH, YOU HAVE IN BRAZIL NOW 115 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:16,500 A WASHINGTON MONUMENT-LOOKING, RATHER SMALLISH UH, MONUMENT 116 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:18,466 LOOKS A LOT LIKE THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT 117 00:06:18,566 --> 00:06:21,500 AND OF COURSE IN WASHINGTON WE HAVE UH, D.C. 118 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:25,100 WE HAVE THE MONUMENT, UH, HUNDREDS OF FEET HIGH 119 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:26,966 AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER MONUMENT 120 00:06:27,066 --> 00:06:28,833 ALMOST AS TALL AS THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT 121 00:06:28,933 --> 00:06:30,233 NOT VERY MUCH SHORTER 122 00:06:30,333 --> 00:06:32,000 IN KENTUCKY 123 00:06:32,100 --> 00:06:36,233 UH, AND, AND IT'S THE JEFFERSON DAVIS MONUMENT 124 00:06:36,333 --> 00:06:37,866 LOOKS A LOT LIKE THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT 125 00:06:37,966 --> 00:06:40,300 HAS AN ELEVATOR GOING UP THE SAME WAY 126 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:41,900 MANY PEOPLE GO UP THERE AND... 127 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,066 NOT NEARLY AS MANY AS GOES TO THE ONE IN WASHINGTON 128 00:06:45,633 --> 00:06:47,233 BUT IT SHOWS YOU A LITTLE BIT 129 00:06:47,333 --> 00:06:49,200 IT'S A KIND OF A GRAPHIC 130 00:06:49,300 --> 00:06:53,366 OF UH, HOW AMERICANS FEEL AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN HISTORY 131 00:06:53,466 --> 00:06:54,566 THESE THREE MONUMENTS 132 00:06:54,666 --> 00:06:56,633 JUST THINK ABOUT THESE THREE MONUMENTS 133 00:06:56,733 --> 00:07:01,066 OF UH, THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE 134 00:07:07,933 --> 00:07:10,433 PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THIS STORY BECAUSE THEY'RE RELATED 135 00:07:10,533 --> 00:07:11,966 TO A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE 136 00:07:13,066 --> 00:07:15,266 THERE WERE... IN BRAZIL ITSELF 137 00:07:15,366 --> 00:07:17,300 MY ESTIMATE IS AROUND 20,000 138 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:19,566 MY RESEARCH SAYS ABOUT 20,000 139 00:07:23,900 --> 00:07:25,900 THESE ARE AMERICANS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 140 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:29,433 THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO WERE FROM OUR COUNTRY 141 00:07:29,533 --> 00:07:31,166 WHO CHOSE TO LEAVE 142 00:07:31,266 --> 00:07:34,100 UNDER VERY STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES 143 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:39,500 (Music playing) 144 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:44,300 THE UH, THE STORY BEGAN WHEN UH, THE, THE WAR ENDED 145 00:07:45,133 --> 00:07:46,833 AFTER THE CIVIL WAR 146 00:07:46,933 --> 00:07:49,833 COURSE THE OBVIOUS THING THAT HAPPENED AFTER THE WAR WAS 147 00:07:49,933 --> 00:07:53,500 HERE YOU HAD FOUR MILLION SOUTHERNERS 148 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:55,133 WITH NO CITIZENSHIP 149 00:07:55,233 --> 00:07:58,366 UH, ROBERT E. LEE WAS PRACTICALLY THE FIRST MAN 150 00:07:58,466 --> 00:07:59,433 TO SWEAR ALLEGIANCE 151 00:07:59,533 --> 00:08:01,133 HE HAD TO SWEAR ALLEGIANCE 152 00:08:01,233 --> 00:08:05,966 WELL, UH, IT TOOK ROBERT E. LEE 'TIL 1976 153 00:08:06,066 --> 00:08:07,966 TO GET HIS CITIZENSHIP BACK 154 00:08:08,066 --> 00:08:11,400 HE'D BEEN DEAD FOR 100 YEARS 155 00:08:11,500 --> 00:08:12,766 UH, WHEN HE GOT IT BACK 156 00:08:12,866 --> 00:08:15,733 AND UH, ROBERT E. LEE SAID, "OKAY 157 00:08:15,833 --> 00:08:18,100 WE HAVE TO BUILD THE SOUTH, I DON'T WANT TO GO TO BRAZIL" 158 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:19,333 HE SAID 159 00:08:19,433 --> 00:08:21,266 "I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD GO TO BRAZIL" 160 00:08:21,366 --> 00:08:24,366 AND HE SAID, "STAY AND REBUILD" 161 00:08:24,466 --> 00:08:26,233 'CAUSE THERE WAS A LOT THAT REBUILDING TO DO 162 00:08:26,333 --> 00:08:29,066 AFTER GENERAL SHERMAN HAD HIS LITTLE TRIP THROUGH THE SOUTH 163 00:08:29,166 --> 00:08:31,733 THEY, THEY FOUGHT A DEFENSIVE WAR 164 00:08:31,833 --> 00:08:34,833 UH, INVASION BY THE NORTH 165 00:08:34,933 --> 00:08:36,233 AND THEY REMEMBERED THAT 166 00:08:36,333 --> 00:08:38,333 AND UH, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO FACE UP TO THAT 167 00:08:39,133 --> 00:08:42,700 SO WE WERE MILITARILY IN- INVADED 168 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:44,666 AND WE WENT TO BRAZIL 169 00:08:44,766 --> 00:08:46,066 AND THAT'S HOW WE GOT THERE 170 00:08:46,166 --> 00:08:50,566 BUT IT WAS A LONG AND PAINFUL AND VERY DISTASTEFUL PERIOD 171 00:08:50,666 --> 00:08:51,966 IN AMERICAN HISTORY 172 00:08:52,066 --> 00:08:55,766 YOU START UH, THINKING ABOUT WHY THESE PEOPLE WENT TO BRAZIL 173 00:08:55,866 --> 00:08:58,566 FROM UH, THE SOUTHERN STATES 174 00:08:58,666 --> 00:09:01,433 UH, THEY CERTAINLY DIDN'T GO FOR SLAVERY 175 00:09:01,533 --> 00:09:04,933 BECAUSE SLAVERY WAS ABOLISHED IN BRAZIL UH 176 00:09:05,033 --> 00:09:06,333 IN A CERTAIN FORM 177 00:09:06,433 --> 00:09:09,500 IT WAS ABOLISHED IN THE SAME WAY IT WAS ABOLISHED IN NEW JERSEY 178 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:13,500 THEY KNEW THAT SLAVERY... IF IT HADN'T BEEN KILLED ALREADY 179 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:15,000 WAS ON THE WAY OUT 180 00:09:15,100 --> 00:09:18,633 BUT THEY ENDED THEIR SLAVERY WITH A MERE ANNOUNCEMENT 181 00:09:18,733 --> 00:09:21,733 THEY DIDN'T HAVE 630,000 PEOPLE KILLED 182 00:09:21,833 --> 00:09:23,633 AS THEY WERE IN THIS WAR HERE 183 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:26,533 BRAZIL WAS WELL KNOWN IN THE SOUTH 184 00:09:26,633 --> 00:09:28,300 UH, PEOPLE... THERE WAS A ROMANTIC NOTION 185 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:29,833 WILLIAM HERNDON HAD WRITTEN A BOOK 186 00:09:29,933 --> 00:09:32,400 ABOUT BRAZIL THAT WAS VERY POPULAR IN THE SOUTH 187 00:09:32,500 --> 00:09:35,633 SO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF HIS BOOK ABOUT, ABOUT BRAZIL 188 00:09:35,733 --> 00:09:37,100 WERE SOLD 189 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:39,766 IN THE, IN THE UNITED STATES AND MOSTLY IN THE SOUTH 190 00:09:39,866 --> 00:09:42,300 AND THEY READ ABOUT... THEY KNEW A LOT ABOUT BRAZIL 191 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:44,866 THEY KNEW UH, OTHER PEOPLE HAD WRITTEN... 192 00:09:44,966 --> 00:09:46,733 OTHER PEOPLE HAD SPOKEN ON IT 193 00:09:47,366 --> 00:09:49,666 MARK TWAIN, WHILE LIVING IN CINCINNATI 194 00:09:49,766 --> 00:09:52,500 HAD READ THE HERNDON BOOK AND DECIDED TO SEEK HIS FORTUNE 195 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:53,900 IN BRAZIL 196 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:55,900 HE MADE IT AS FAR AS NEW ORLEANS 197 00:09:57,066 --> 00:09:59,233 JOHN MUIR-- WHOSE TREK ACROSS AMERICA 198 00:09:59,333 --> 00:10:01,233 BEGAN IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY 199 00:10:01,333 --> 00:10:03,266 INTENDED TO GO ALL THE WAY TO BRAZIL 200 00:10:04,533 --> 00:10:05,966 EVEN THOMAS EDISON 201 00:10:06,066 --> 00:10:07,633 WHILE LIVING IN LOUISVILLE 202 00:10:07,733 --> 00:10:09,900 LEFT FOR BRAZIL TO LIVE AND WORK 203 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:14,100 HE PLANNED ON BOARDING THE SHIP WITH THE CONFEDERADOS 204 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:16,500 BUT NONE OF THEM MADE IT TO BRAZIL 205 00:10:17,900 --> 00:10:19,166 THESE PEOPLE DECIDED 206 00:10:19,266 --> 00:10:21,633 WE'RE GOING TO GO SOMEWHERE, LIKE BRAZIL 207 00:10:21,733 --> 00:10:23,833 WHERE WE CAN LIVE OUR LIFE 208 00:10:23,933 --> 00:10:26,966 UH, SORT OF LEADS INTO THEIR FAVORITE HYMN OF SO MANY OF THEM 209 00:10:27,066 --> 00:10:29,166 "THERE IS A HAPPY LAND" 210 00:10:29,266 --> 00:10:30,633 UH, THEY WERE LOOKING FOR THAT 211 00:10:30,733 --> 00:10:32,500 THEY WERE LOOKING FOR úA CITY ON THE HILL' 212 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:33,633 BIBLICAL TERMS 213 00:10:33,733 --> 00:10:35,466 THAT'S HOW THEY WERE RAISED 214 00:10:35,566 --> 00:10:37,033 SO BRAZIL WAS IT 215 00:10:37,133 --> 00:10:38,266 AND THEY MOVED THERE 216 00:10:38,700 --> 00:10:39,900 YOU CAN IMAGINE 217 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:41,633 THE, THE FEELINGS 218 00:10:41,733 --> 00:10:42,633 OF THESE PEOPLE 219 00:10:42,733 --> 00:10:44,500 LEAVING ON THESE SHIPS 220 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:48,200 WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO, TO DO AND WHAT THEY WERE THINKING 221 00:10:50,433 --> 00:10:52,566 THE THING ABOUT GOING TO BRAZIL WAS 222 00:10:52,666 --> 00:10:55,333 YOU DIDN'T... ANYBODY HAS ANY SENSE AT THAT TIME 223 00:10:55,433 --> 00:10:57,900 WOULD KNOW, THAT IF YOU GO 5,000 MILES AWAY 224 00:10:58,000 --> 00:10:59,333 YOU'RE NOT COMING BACK 225 00:11:00,466 --> 00:11:03,333 SHIPS WITH AS MANY AS 400 PEOPLE ON THEM 226 00:11:03,433 --> 00:11:04,766 ALL CONFEDERATES HEADING SOUTH 227 00:11:04,866 --> 00:11:07,033 LEAVING FROM NEW ORLEANS, LEAVING FROM NEW YORK 228 00:11:07,133 --> 00:11:08,566 FROM BALTIMORE 229 00:11:08,666 --> 00:11:10,433 AND WE WENT TO BRAZIL 230 00:11:10,533 --> 00:11:20,500 (Music playing) 231 00:11:23,733 --> 00:11:29,100 (Music playing) 232 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:32,100 UH, SO THE GROWTH CONTINUED, ALMOST TO 1900 233 00:11:32,733 --> 00:11:33,933 THEY KEPT COMING 234 00:11:34,033 --> 00:11:36,433 THIS PUSH-PULL IMMIGRATION THING 235 00:11:36,533 --> 00:11:38,766 UH, THE BROTHER BROUGHT A BROTHER IN 236 00:11:38,866 --> 00:11:42,500 THEY BROUGHT THEIR CHILDREN OUT, THEY BROUGHT THEIR PARENTS DOWN 237 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:46,300 AND THAT'S HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO FORM THEIR OWN CITY IN BRAZIL 238 00:11:46,933 --> 00:11:48,700 THE CITY IS CALLED "AMERICANA" 239 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:51,433 IT'S LOCATED IN THE PROGRESSIVE STATE OF SAO PAULO 240 00:11:52,333 --> 00:11:56,433 AND IT UH, IT WAS ENTIRELY FORMED BY AMERICANS 241 00:11:56,533 --> 00:12:00,333 AND IT'S GROWN NOW INTO A LARGE 200,000 CITY 242 00:12:00,433 --> 00:12:05,333 (Music playing) 243 00:12:06,366 --> 00:12:09,566 IN MY BOOK THAT'S CALLED THE LOST COLONY OF THE CONFEDERACY 244 00:12:09,666 --> 00:12:13,833 I HAVE OVER I THINK, 300 OR 400 FAMILY NAMES 245 00:12:13,933 --> 00:12:17,900 THAT YOU CAN SEE UH, HOW MANY KENTUCKIANS 246 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:19,733 HAVE GONE TO BRAZIL 247 00:12:19,833 --> 00:12:20,800 IN THIS GROUP 248 00:12:20,900 --> 00:12:22,466 THE HARRIS FAMILY 249 00:12:22,566 --> 00:12:23,933 THE PYLES FAMILY 250 00:12:24,033 --> 00:12:30,566 UH, EZEKIEL PYLES WAS MY GRAND-GRAND-GRAND UH, GRAND 251 00:12:30,666 --> 00:12:35,700 I THINK FIVE, UNCLE AND... WHO CAME FROM KENTUCKY 252 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:37,266 TO BRAZIL 253 00:12:37,633 --> 00:12:42,033 EZEKIEL PYLES, THAT'S THE... HE WAS A PRIVATE IN 254 00:12:42,133 --> 00:12:44,566 IN ONE COMPANY IN KENTUCKY 255 00:12:44,666 --> 00:12:46,900 AND HE, HE WENT TO BRAZIL 256 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,700 HE BOUGHT A FARM IN BRAZIL 257 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:53,166 IN THE CITY CALLED SANTA BARBARA DE OESTE 258 00:12:53,266 --> 00:12:54,366 IT'S NEAR TO AMERICANA 259 00:12:54,466 --> 00:12:57,600 THE CITY THAT THE CONFEDERADOS UH, WENT TO 260 00:12:59,033 --> 00:13:04,633 AND HE, HE HAD THIS FARM OF CANE... HOW DO YOU SAY? 261 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:09,566 YEAH, THEY, THEY HAD HIS BROTHER WILLIAM PYLES 262 00:13:09,666 --> 00:13:11,566 HE WENT TO BRAZIL, TOO 263 00:13:11,666 --> 00:13:15,900 THEM AND THEY, WELL, THEY HAD A FAMILY THERE AND THOSE THINGS 264 00:13:16,266 --> 00:13:18,300 I HAVE VISIT MUSEUMS 265 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:21,100 I HAVE VISIT UH, BATTLEFIELDS 266 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:24,033 UH, IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO KNOW ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW 267 00:13:24,133 --> 00:13:27,533 AND... I'M REAL... 268 00:13:27,633 --> 00:13:30,366 I THINK MY, MY FAMILY'S PROUD 269 00:13:30,466 --> 00:13:32,566 WE, WE, WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT AMERICAN THINGS 270 00:13:32,666 --> 00:13:33,433 WHILE WE'RE HERE 271 00:13:33,533 --> 00:13:34,700 I BECAME A BASEBALL PLAYER 272 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:36,566 PLAYED SEMI-PRO BALL 273 00:13:36,666 --> 00:13:40,366 UH, I WAS IN WORLD WAR II IN THE U.S. NAVY 274 00:13:40,466 --> 00:13:42,166 ENLISTED MAN 275 00:13:42,266 --> 00:13:45,600 AND I, I FELL IN LOVE WITH CERTAIN PARTS OF THIS... 276 00:13:45,700 --> 00:13:47,833 COUNTRY THAT I WANTED TO LIVE IN, SO I WAS 277 00:13:47,933 --> 00:13:49,833 I WAS PICKING HERE AND THERE 278 00:13:49,933 --> 00:13:52,833 I KNOW FOR INSTANCE, ONE REASON THAT I BOUGHT THE NEWSPAPER IN KENTUCKY 279 00:13:52,933 --> 00:13:55,366 WAS THAT I HAD READ IN MY CHILDHOOD 280 00:13:55,466 --> 00:13:58,233 JOHN FOX'S BOOK-- TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE 281 00:13:59,066 --> 00:14:01,466 AND I SAID, "OH, THIS IS A GREAT PLACE 282 00:14:01,566 --> 00:14:02,966 THESE ARE MY KIND OF PEOPLE" 283 00:14:03,066 --> 00:14:06,100 SO I KNEW EVENTUALLY, DOROTHY AND I, MY WIFE 284 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:09,800 WOULD BUY THIS NEWSPAPER, IN TAYLOR COUNTY AND, AND RUN IT 285 00:14:09,900 --> 00:14:13,166 WHILE I WAS IN, IN KENTUCKY, I WAS PUBLISHER AND EDITOR 286 00:14:13,266 --> 00:14:15,066 I ALSO RAN MY OWN COLUMNS 287 00:14:15,166 --> 00:14:18,166 AND I WROTE UH, A FEW UH, SPECIAL STORIES 288 00:14:18,266 --> 00:14:20,066 EDITORIALS 289 00:14:20,166 --> 00:14:22,266 AND IN FACT, I GOT IN SOME TROUBLE FOR SOME OF MY EDITORIALS 290 00:14:22,366 --> 00:14:26,233 'CAUSE I, I GAVE THEM MY OPINION AS A CONFEDERATE 291 00:14:26,333 --> 00:14:27,700 WOULD GIVE AN OPINION 292 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:31,733 NOW A CONFEDERATE IN BRAZIL IS A VERY INTERESTING ITEM 293 00:14:31,833 --> 00:14:33,366 HE IS, IS PURE 294 00:14:33,466 --> 00:14:35,166 HE'S UNTARNISHED 295 00:14:35,266 --> 00:14:37,500 HE HAS NEVER GONE THROUGH 296 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:40,533 THE JOHN UH, THE JIM CROW PROBLEMS 297 00:14:40,633 --> 00:14:43,800 HE'S... THE RACE PROBLEM IS ONE HE HAS NEVER FACED 298 00:14:43,900 --> 00:14:44,933 HE DIDN'T HAVE THAT IN BRAZIL 299 00:14:45,033 --> 00:14:47,100 BRAZIL IS VERY TOLERANT OF THE, THE RACES 300 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:50,033 IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST TOLERANT COUNTRY IN THE WORLD 301 00:14:50,133 --> 00:14:51,800 SO THEY LOOK AT THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY 302 00:14:51,900 --> 00:14:53,266 AND I DID, I DID TOO 303 00:14:53,366 --> 00:14:55,033 AND I WENT INTO THE FOREIGN SERVICE 304 00:14:55,133 --> 00:14:56,733 IN THOSE DAYS FOREIGN SERVICE 305 00:14:56,833 --> 00:14:59,300 IN THE UNITED STATES STATE DEPARTMENT 306 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:04,433 I WAS, I WAS BASED IN BEIRUT, ECUADOR, IN MEXICO 307 00:15:04,533 --> 00:15:08,466 AND THEN IN MY OWN BIRTH COUNTRY-- BRAZIL 308 00:15:08,566 --> 00:15:10,566 AND HERE I REACQUAINTED MYSELF 309 00:15:10,666 --> 00:15:13,100 WITH THE CONFEDERATE COLONY OF BRAZIL 310 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:15,800 WHICH NOW NUMBER ABOUT 100,00 PEOPLE 311 00:15:15,900 --> 00:15:18,966 THERE WAS A UH, INTERESTING UH, OCCURRENCE IN MY CAREER 312 00:15:19,066 --> 00:15:20,900 IN THE FOREIGN SERVICE 313 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,300 UH, BRAZIL WAS ONE OF MY EARLIEST ASSIGNMENTS 314 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,733 AND UH, I WAS SENT DOWN THERE AS CONSUL 315 00:15:26,833 --> 00:15:32,366 AND UH, I WAS WORKING OUT OF THE BIG CITY OF SAO PAULO AT THAT TIME 316 00:15:32,466 --> 00:15:36,633 AND ONE DAY UH, A FELLOW NAMED JODY POWELL CAME IN MY OFFICE 317 00:15:36,733 --> 00:15:41,433 AND SAID HE WAS... HE WAS JIMMY CARTER'S PRESS MAN 318 00:15:41,533 --> 00:15:43,500 AND HE SAYS HE'S LOOKING FOR SOMETHING FOR JIMMY TO DO 319 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:45,133 HE'S WANTS... HE'S RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT 320 00:15:45,233 --> 00:15:46,633 HE WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 321 00:15:46,733 --> 00:15:48,000 I SAID, "REALLY?" 322 00:15:48,100 --> 00:15:49,966 I'D BEEN READING TIME MAGAZINE, HE WAS ON THE COVER 323 00:15:50,066 --> 00:15:52,100 SO I FIGURED I GOT A PRETTY GOOD IDEA THAT UH 324 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:54,166 HE WAS GOING TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT 325 00:15:54,266 --> 00:15:55,833 AND I SAID, "WELL, WE COULD... WE MIGHT GIVE HIM A HAND 326 00:15:55,933 --> 00:15:59,433 IF HE WANTS TO UH, GO OUT AND VISIT MY CONFEDERATE COUSINS 327 00:15:59,533 --> 00:16:00,966 OUT IN UH, AMERICANA" 328 00:16:01,066 --> 00:16:03,066 HE SAID, "AMERICANA, WHAT'S THAT?" 329 00:16:03,166 --> 00:16:04,766 AND SO I HAD TO EXPLAIN THE STORY TO HIM 330 00:16:05,733 --> 00:16:08,600 SO UH, SO JIMMY WALKED AROUND WITH US AND, UH 331 00:16:08,700 --> 00:16:11,966 AND THEN I WALKED HIM THROUGH THE TOMBSTONES 332 00:16:12,066 --> 00:16:12,966 AND EXPLAINED THE STORY 333 00:16:13,066 --> 00:16:15,000 HE HAD NEVER HEARD OF THE STORY 334 00:16:16,466 --> 00:16:21,400 ROSALYNN HAD, SHE KNEW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME TO UH 335 00:16:21,500 --> 00:16:22,233 LATIN AMERICA 336 00:16:22,333 --> 00:16:23,366 SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE 337 00:16:24,133 --> 00:16:25,533 WE'RE WALKING ALONG 338 00:16:25,633 --> 00:16:26,733 AND SHE STOPPED 339 00:16:27,666 --> 00:16:30,033 AND "HENRY WISE" IT SAID ON THE TOMBSTONE 340 00:16:30,466 --> 00:16:31,766 THAT WAS HE GREAT UNCLE 341 00:16:31,866 --> 00:16:34,300 SHE'D DISCOVERED HIM RIGHT THERE ON THE GROUND 342 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:36,200 AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS A GREAT OCCASION 343 00:16:36,300 --> 00:16:38,200 SHE COULDN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT THAT 344 00:16:38,300 --> 00:16:40,700 HAVING DISCOVERED HER UNCLE, WHO'D LONG DISAPPEARED 345 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:42,833 HER FAMILY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM 346 00:16:42,933 --> 00:16:44,966 THERE HE IS BURIED RIGHT THERE IN THAT BEAUTIFUL TOMBSTONE 347 00:16:45,066 --> 00:16:50,433 (Music playing) 348 00:16:50,533 --> 00:16:52,200 MY FAMILY HAS BEEN IN THE STATES 349 00:16:52,300 --> 00:16:54,566 SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE UNITED STATES 350 00:16:54,666 --> 00:16:58,900 UH, THEY FOUGHT THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 351 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,800 AGAINST UH, THE, THE TYRANNY AND UH 352 00:17:01,900 --> 00:17:03,833 AND AGAINST THE BRITISH ARMY 353 00:17:03,933 --> 00:17:06,166 THEIR, MANY OF THEIR PHILOSOPHERS AND HISTORIANS 354 00:17:06,266 --> 00:17:07,900 HAVE BROUGHT UP SOME OF THE THINGS 355 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,400 THAT AMERICA ADDED TO BRAZILIAN CULTURE 356 00:17:10,500 --> 00:17:12,400 ONE IS THE LOVE OF FREEDOM 357 00:17:13,300 --> 00:17:14,933 THE IDEA OF FREEDOM 358 00:17:15,033 --> 00:17:17,966 JEFFERSONIAN IDEA 359 00:17:18,066 --> 00:17:22,500 UH, AND THEY, THEY FULLY GIVE AMERICA CREDIT FOR THAT 360 00:17:23,066 --> 00:17:28,366 I BELIEVE TODAY THAT I'M NOT HERE TO JUDGE WHATEVER THEY DID 361 00:17:28,466 --> 00:17:29,900 I MEAN, THEY WERE THERE 362 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:33,233 AND THEY HAD THEIR REASONS TO DO WHATEVER THEY DID 363 00:17:33,333 --> 00:17:36,966 BUT I'M... I CAN TELL YOU THAT I WAS RAISED BY THESE PEOPLE 364 00:17:37,066 --> 00:17:39,700 AND I NEVER LEARNED ANYTHING NEGATIVE 365 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:42,433 I NEVER LEARNED UH, TO HATE ANYBODY 366 00:17:42,533 --> 00:17:44,433 I NEVER LEARNED BAD THINGS 367 00:17:44,533 --> 00:17:48,566 I ONLY LEARNED THE MOST NOBLES THINGS THAT YOU CAN SEE 368 00:17:48,666 --> 00:17:52,700 YOU KNOW, RESPECT EACH OTHERS RIGHT 369 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:54,833 RESPECT IDEAS, YOU KNOW 370 00:17:54,933 --> 00:17:56,400 THE SENSE OF FREEDOM 371 00:17:56,500 --> 00:17:58,100 THE SENSE OF BRAVERY 372 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:03,333 AND THE, AND THE, AND THIS SPECIAL SPICES WHICH 373 00:18:03,433 --> 00:18:08,333 TURNS ALL INTO REBELS AND WE WILL NOT LET ANYBODY OVERTHROW US 374 00:18:08,433 --> 00:18:11,333 AND YOU KNOW, TAKE OUR FREEDOM AWAY 375 00:18:11,433 --> 00:18:12,866 OR TAKE OUR RIGHTS AWAY 376 00:18:12,966 --> 00:18:16,833 SO, I THINK IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW 377 00:18:16,933 --> 00:18:18,766 BURIED DEEP INSIDE 378 00:18:18,866 --> 00:18:20,100 OUR HEARTS, HERE 379 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:21,766 SO THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL 380 00:18:21,866 --> 00:18:26,100 I MEAN, IF I FEEL PROUD ABOUT ANYTHING, I FEEL PROUD ABOUT THIS 381 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:27,766 I FEEL PROUD ABOUT THIS PEOPLE 382 00:18:27,866 --> 00:18:30,500 I FEEL PROUD ABOUT BEING A PART OF THE FAMILY 383 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:35,366 YOU KNOW, THOSE WARRIORS WHO WERE, WHO WERE THERE 384 00:18:35,466 --> 00:18:38,100 AND THEY SHED THEIR BLOOD IN THE BATTLEFIELDS 385 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:39,700 NOT ONLY ONCE IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES 386 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:43,433 BUT WHEN THEY MADE AMERICA FREE, THEY WERE THERE 387 00:18:43,533 --> 00:18:47,300 AND EVEN BEFORE THAT, IN THE FRENCH INDIAN WAR, SO... 388 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:51,633 I, I THINK THAT EVEN BEING A BRAZILIAN I HAVE ALL THE 389 00:18:51,733 --> 00:18:55,233 THE RIGHTS AND THE REASONS TO BE THE MOST PROUD AMERICANS 390 00:18:55,333 --> 00:18:56,833 AND THE MOST PROUD SOUTHERNERS 391 00:18:56,933 --> 00:19:01,100 SO, I THINK THAT'S THAT WHAT MAKES UH, MY HISTORY 392 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:03,433 AND MY HERITAGE SPECIAL ABOUT IT 393 00:19:03,866 --> 00:19:06,966 I MEAN I MIGHT BE THE ONLY BRAZILIAN CELEBRATING 394 00:19:07,066 --> 00:19:09,833 THE FOURTH OF JULY AND FIRING UP FIREWORKS, YOU KNOW 395 00:19:09,933 --> 00:19:11,966 (Laughing) 396 00:19:12,066 --> 00:19:16,700 AND UH, AS MY GRANDFATHER USED TO SAY, YOU KNOW 397 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:19,200 BRAZIL IS MY MOTHER COUNTRY 398 00:19:19,300 --> 00:19:21,533 AMERICA IS MY GRANDMOTHER COUNTRY 399 00:19:21,633 --> 00:19:24,033 (Laughing) 400 00:19:24,133 --> 00:19:28,366 IN RIO, WE LIVED AS ALMOST ANY OTHER BRAZILIAN 401 00:19:28,466 --> 00:19:31,966 WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT WE SPOKE ENGLISH MOSTLY IN THE HOUSE 402 00:19:32,066 --> 00:19:36,033 NOW WHEN I CAME... WHEN I USE TO COME DOWN TO THE FARM 403 00:19:36,133 --> 00:19:39,900 MY MOTHER WAS A DESCENDENT, SO I LEARNED HOW TO SPEAK ENGLISH 404 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:41,500 BEFORE I LEARNED PORTUGUESE 405 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:43,833 I LEARNED PORTUGUESE IN SCHOOL 406 00:19:43,933 --> 00:19:49,966 AND I ONLY... MY GRANDMA USE TO TEACH ME ENGLISH LESSONS 407 00:19:50,066 --> 00:19:52,100 AND SHE USED TO WHIP ME IF I DIDN'T DO THE LESSONS 408 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:55,133 AND... SHE WAS VERY NICE, BUT SHE WANTED EVERYTHING DONE 409 00:19:55,233 --> 00:19:56,466 VERY CORRECTLY 410 00:19:56,566 --> 00:19:58,266 AND I STILL HAVE THOSE BOOKS 411 00:19:58,366 --> 00:20:00,600 SO, WHAT I FEEL HERE IS... 412 00:20:00,700 --> 00:20:03,000 UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S NATURAL TO SPEAK ENGLISH 413 00:20:03,100 --> 00:20:04,366 ALWAYS WAS NATURAL 414 00:20:04,466 --> 00:20:06,566 NOT TODAY, BUT THERE ARE A LOT... 415 00:20:06,666 --> 00:20:08,900 IN THOSE TIMES WE USED TO GO AND VISIT AROUND 416 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,566 I USED TO COME HERE AS A KID, MY GR- MY FATHER AND MY MOTHER 417 00:20:11,666 --> 00:20:14,566 WERE MARRIED IN THIS CHAPEL IN 1948, SO 418 00:20:14,666 --> 00:20:18,100 IT'S PART OF MY LIFE, MY GRANDPA... MY, MY GRANDPA'S FARM 419 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:20,633 IS JUST ABOUT TWO... A MILE OR TWO FROM HERE 420 00:20:20,733 --> 00:20:25,500 WE TRAVELED DOZENS OF MILES AND ONLY PEOPLE... 421 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:26,566 PEOPLE WOULD ONLY SPEAK ENGLISH 422 00:20:26,666 --> 00:20:29,033 THE VAUGHNS 423 00:20:29,133 --> 00:20:34,400 THE GEEZAS, AND THE PYLES... THE TERRELLS 424 00:20:34,500 --> 00:20:36,100 THE HALL'S WERE OVER THERE 425 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:38,133 AND THE McFADDENS WERE OVER THERE 426 00:20:38,233 --> 00:20:39,833 THERE WERE... THE JONESES 427 00:20:39,933 --> 00:20:42,533 THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ALL OVER, ALL OVER THE PLACE 428 00:20:42,633 --> 00:20:44,966 FARMERS AND WE'D JUST GO AND VISIT THEM 429 00:20:45,066 --> 00:20:47,566 AND THEY'D COME AND VISIT US, SO IT WAS PART OF OUR LIFE 430 00:20:47,666 --> 00:20:49,500 IT WAS NATURAL TO SPEAK ENGLISH 431 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:50,866 WAS NATURAL JUST TO... YOU KNOW 432 00:20:50,966 --> 00:20:52,666 HAVE THIS DIFFERENT LANGUAGE 433 00:20:53,966 --> 00:20:56,000 HISTORY IS WRITTEN BY THE VICTORS 434 00:20:56,566 --> 00:20:59,466 THE... IF YOU WIN THE WAR, YOU WRITE THE HISTORY BOOKS 435 00:20:59,566 --> 00:21:02,800 I WROTE THE BOOK BECAUSE I COULDN'T FIND ANOTHER BOOK 436 00:21:02,900 --> 00:21:05,033 ON THE SUBJECT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE 437 00:21:05,133 --> 00:21:08,066 THERE WAS NO BOOK HERE IN THE UNITED STATES 438 00:21:08,166 --> 00:21:09,766 THAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN ON IT 439 00:21:09,866 --> 00:21:13,000 THE BOOK WAS UH, SURPRISINGLY 440 00:21:13,100 --> 00:21:14,233 WELL ACCEPTED AT THE BEGINNING 441 00:21:14,333 --> 00:21:15,900 SO I WAS SURPRISED, BECAUSE 442 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,700 FOR INSTANCE, LET'S TAKE FOR EXAMPLE, IN MICHIGAN 443 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:20,200 IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN 444 00:21:20,300 --> 00:21:25,433 THE DETROIT NEWS WROTE UP THE BOOK AND TALKED ABOUT THE BOOK 445 00:21:25,533 --> 00:21:27,000 ON THE FRONT PAGE 446 00:21:27,100 --> 00:21:30,200 ON A SUNDAY EDITION AND PUT A COLORED MAP ON IT 447 00:21:31,266 --> 00:21:33,566 MY BOOK IS PUBLISHED ALSO IN PORTUGUESE 448 00:21:33,666 --> 00:21:38,833 AND IT'S CALLED A COLONIA PERDIDA DE CONFEDERACION 449 00:21:38,933 --> 00:21:40,200 EXCUSE MY PORTUGUESE 450 00:21:40,300 --> 00:21:43,333 UH, BUT UH, AND SO, UH 451 00:21:43,433 --> 00:21:46,033 THAT'S MY LIFE SINCE I'VE COME TO THE UNITED STATES 452 00:21:46,733 --> 00:21:49,766 I'M, I'M NOW RETIRED FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT 453 00:21:49,866 --> 00:21:53,833 AND UH, HAVEN'T YET GONE BACK TO KENTUCKY 454 00:21:53,933 --> 00:21:58,000 BUT UH, WE, WE INTEND TO DO SO IF POSSIBLE 455 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:03,233 TO THE KENTUCKIANS I WOULD SAY UH, WE'VE GOT COUSINS 456 00:22:03,333 --> 00:22:05,033 BY THE THOUSANDS 457 00:22:05,133 --> 00:22:06,566 IN BRAZIL 458 00:22:06,666 --> 00:22:07,933 AND THEY CARE ABOUT YOU 459 00:22:08,033 --> 00:22:09,966 THEY WRITE ABOUT AMERICA IN THEIR NEWSPAPERS 460 00:22:10,066 --> 00:22:11,866 AND THEY TALK ABOUT YOU ALL THE TIME 461 00:22:12,233 --> 00:22:16,133 WE HAVE ABOUT 180 MILLION DOWN THERE NOW 462 00:22:16,233 --> 00:22:19,300 SO WE, WE HAVE A FRIEND THERE ANY TIME WE WANT TO 463 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:21,066 JOIN UP WITH THEM 464 00:22:21,166 --> 00:22:22,566 WE KNOW NOW THAT THE CONFEDERADOS 465 00:22:22,666 --> 00:22:25,300 HAVE GOTTEN QUITE BRAZILIAN 466 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:29,033 NOW THE PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES UH, LOOK AT THIS 467 00:22:29,133 --> 00:22:31,500 AND THEY'RE A BIT SADDENED BY IT 468 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:33,733 UH, AND YOU CAN'T BLAME THEM 469 00:22:33,833 --> 00:22:38,166 THE BRAZILIANS... THEY DON'T LOOK AT IT AS A 470 00:22:38,266 --> 00:22:41,366 AS SOMETHING TO BE UNHAPPY ABOUT OR HAPPY ABOUT 471 00:22:41,466 --> 00:22:44,300 THEY LIVE THEIR LIVES JUST LIKE ANY BRAZILIAN WOULD TODAY 472 00:22:45,133 --> 00:22:48,100 AND LIVING A GOOD PRODUCTIVE BRAZILIAN LIFE 473 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:50,700 ENJOYING THEIR LIFE 474 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:54,433 BECOMING SOME BESTAS PLAYING SAMBAS 475 00:22:54,533 --> 00:22:56,333 PLAYING THEIR GUITARS 476 00:22:56,433 --> 00:22:57,533 DOING THE HAPPY THING 477 00:22:57,633 --> 00:23:07,666 (Singing and playing music) 478 00:23:07,866 --> 00:23:11,366 I'D THINK IT'S A VERY SAD THING, CERTAINLY FOR THEM 479 00:23:11,466 --> 00:23:12,700 IF THEY DO FORGET 480 00:23:13,833 --> 00:23:16,033 THIS, THE STORY WILL DIE 481 00:23:16,133 --> 00:23:18,566 IF IT'S NOT PRESERVED 482 00:23:18,666 --> 00:23:21,100 AND I THINK THAT UH, WE WOULD FEEL VERY BAD 483 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:23,233 IF THIS WERE LOST 484 00:23:23,333 --> 00:23:24,800 JUST TO REMEMBER 485 00:23:24,900 --> 00:23:26,166 ALWAYS REMEMBER 486 00:23:26,266 --> 00:23:32,633 (Music playing) 487 00:23:32,733 --> 00:23:34,633 "I WAS ONLY TEN YEARS OLD 488 00:23:34,733 --> 00:23:36,433 "BUT I REMEMBER IT PERFECTLY 489 00:23:39,066 --> 00:23:40,766 "THE SHIP ON WHICH WE FINALLY EMBARKED 490 00:23:40,866 --> 00:23:44,700 "WAS AN OLD DILAPIDATED BRIG CALLED BRIG DERBY 491 00:23:47,366 --> 00:23:50,166 "ON LOOKING BACK NOW, ONE WONDERS WHY SENSIBLE MEN 492 00:23:50,266 --> 00:23:52,900 "WITH SUCH A CROWD OF HELPLESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN 493 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,233 "SHOULD UNDERTAKE SUCH A HAZARDOUS VENTURE 494 00:23:55,333 --> 00:23:57,366 AS CROSSING THE GREAT OCEAN" 495 00:23:57,466 --> 00:24:02,300 (Music playing) 496 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:06,233 "DAD-- DETERMINED TO BUILD A REAL AMERICAN HOUSE 497 00:24:06,333 --> 00:24:10,300 (Music playing) 498 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:13,433 "I SHALL NEVER FORGET THAT TRIP OVER THE MOUNTAINS 499 00:24:13,533 --> 00:24:15,533 "CROSSING THE MANY STREAMS 500 00:24:17,133 --> 00:24:19,633 "THE FULL STORY WILL NEVER BE TOLD 501 00:24:19,733 --> 00:24:21,100 "FOR THOSE WHO KNEW IT BEST 502 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:23,566 HAVE LONG SINCE GONE TO REST" 503 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:26,166 SARA BOLOGNA 504 00:24:26,266 --> 00:24:31,766 (Music playing) 505 00:24:31,866 --> 00:24:34,766 NOT ALL THE CONFEDERATES, WHO LEFT FOLLOWING THE CIVIL WAR 506 00:24:34,866 --> 00:24:36,500 DID SO VOLUNTARILY 507 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:38,066 IN CLINTON COUNTY, KENTUCKY 508 00:24:38,166 --> 00:24:41,966 ONE GROUP OF KENTUCKIANS WERE ROUNDED UP BY UNION FORCES 509 00:24:42,066 --> 00:24:43,366 AND BANISHED TO CANADA 510 00:24:44,333 --> 00:24:47,300 IT WAS BECAUSE OF SUCH TREATMENT THAT KENTUCKY 511 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:50,833 EVEN THOUGH IT HAD LARGELY SUPPORTED THE UNION IN SENTIMENT 512 00:24:50,933 --> 00:24:52,166 DURING THE WAR 513 00:24:52,266 --> 00:24:53,566 IT WAS AFTER THE WAR 514 00:24:53,666 --> 00:24:56,900 THAT KENTUCKY SYMPATHIES LEANED TOWARD THE DEFEATED CONFEDERACY 515 00:24:57,666 --> 00:25:01,866 WELL, THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR THIS EXCURSION TO THE PAST 516 00:25:01,966 --> 00:25:03,966 AND AS WILLIAM FAULKNER PUT IT 517 00:25:04,066 --> 00:25:05,800 "THE PAST IS NEVER DEAD" 518 00:25:05,900 --> 00:25:07,400 I'M DAVE SHUFFETT, I'LL SEE YOU 519 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:18,566 (Music playing) 520 00:25:23,266 --> 00:25:33,233 (Music playing) 521 00:25:37,766 --> 00:25:40,300 (Music playing) 522 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:41,733 ♪ ...WAY DOWN SOUTH IN DIXIE ♪ 523 00:25:41,833 --> 00:25:51,800 (Music playing) 524 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:59,166 (Music playing) 525 00:25:59,266 --> 00:26:03,633 ♪ I WISH I WAS IN DIXIE, HURRAH, HURRAH ♪ 526 00:26:03,733 --> 00:26:05,866 ♪ IN DIXIELAND I'LL TAKE MY STAND ♪ 527 00:26:05,966 --> 00:26:08,133 ♪ TO LIVE AND DIE IN DIXIE ♪ 528 00:26:08,233 --> 00:26:08,833 ♪ AWAY ♪ 529 00:26:08,933 --> 00:26:09,700 ♪ AWAY ♪ 530 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:10,466 ♪ AWAY ♪ 531 00:26:10,566 --> 00:26:11,400 ♪ AWAY ♪ 532 00:26:11,500 --> 00:26:12,833 ♪ AWAY DOWN SOUTH IN DIXIE ♪ 533 00:26:12,933 --> 00:26:13,566 ♪ AWAY ♪ 534 00:26:13,666 --> 00:26:14,333 ♪ AWAY ♪ 535 00:26:14,433 --> 00:26:15,033 ♪ AWAY ♪ 536 00:26:15,133 --> 00:26:16,000 ♪ AWAY ♪ 537 00:26:16,100 --> 00:26:16,966 ♪ AWAY DOWN SOUTH IN DIXIE ♪ 538 00:26:17,066 --> 00:26:21,666 (Playing music) 539 00:26:21,766 --> 00:26:23,033 [Closed captioning by the KET Caption Center] 540 00:26:23,133 --> 00:26:24,400 [was made possible by a grant] 541 00:26:24,500 --> 00:26:25,800 [from the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels] 542 00:26:25,900 --> 00:26:27,666 [and in part by a grant from The Lexington Lions Club] 543 00:26:27,766 --> 00:26:28,966 [and a gift from the Lloyd E. 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