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

Abstract

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<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p>

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
MA (Master of Arts)
Level thesis:degree_level
Thesis - unrestricted
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
History
Year dc:date.issued
2007

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Horton, Justin Garrett

Subjects

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Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • Copyright by the authors.

Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2025
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:dc.etsu.edu:etd-3386

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2026-07-24
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citation

Horton, Justin Garrett. The Second Lost Cause: Post-National Confederate Imperialism in the Americas.. Thesis - unrestricted thesis, 2007. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2025