The Second Lost Cause: Post-National Confederate Imperialism in the Americas.

At the close of the American Civil War some southerners unwilling to remain in a reconstructed South, elected to immigrate to areas of Central and South America to reestablish a Southern antebellum lifestyle. The influences of Manifest Destiny, expansionism, filibustering, and southern nationalism i...

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Main Author:	Horton, Justin Garrett
Format:	Others
Published:	Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University 2007
Subjects:	Mexico Brazil Venezuela Colonization Emigration Expansionism Southern Nationalism Confederate States of America Manifest Destiny Arts and Humanities Cultural History History Latin American History
Online Access:	https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2025 https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3386&context=etd

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spelling	ndltd-ETSU-oai-dc.etsu.edu-etd-33862019-05-16T04:45:03Z The Second Lost Cause: Post-National Confederate Imperialism in the Americas. Horton, Justin Garrett At the close of the American Civil War some southerners unwilling to remain in a reconstructed South, elected to immigrate to areas of Central and South America to reestablish a Southern antebellum lifestyle. The influences of Manifest Destiny, expansionism, filibustering, and southern nationalism in the antebellum era directly influenced post-bellum expatriates to attempt colonization in Mexico, Venezuela, Chile, Peru, and Brazil. A comparison between the antebellum language of expansionists, southern nationalists, and the language of the expatriates will elucidate the connection to the pre-Civil War expansionist mindset that southern émigrés drew upon when attempting colonization in foreign lands. 2007-08-14T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2025 https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3386&context=etd Copyright by the authors. Electronic Theses and Dissertations Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University Mexico Brazil Venezuela Colonization Emigration Expansionism Southern Nationalism Confederate States of America Manifest Destiny Arts and Humanities Cultural History History Latin American History
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description	At the close of the American Civil War some southerners unwilling to remain in a reconstructed South, elected to immigrate to areas of Central and South America to reestablish a Southern antebellum lifestyle. The influences of Manifest Destiny, expansionism, filibustering, and southern nationalism in the antebellum era directly influenced post-bellum expatriates to attempt colonization in Mexico, Venezuela, Chile, Peru, and Brazil. A comparison between the antebellum language of expansionists, southern nationalists, and the language of the expatriates will elucidate the connection to the pre-Civil War expansionist mindset that southern émigrés drew upon when attempting colonization in foreign lands.
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The Second Lost Cause: Post-National Confederate Imperialism in the Americas.

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