Patrimônio dos Polacos: a Polish settlement in Brazil born from an 1874 revolt

In Espírito Santo (Brazil), a district called Santo Antônio do Canaã was long known locally as Patrimônio dos Polacos (“Poles’ Estate”).

In 1873, Polish settlers joined an armed protest over broken settlement promises; afterward, dozens of them were moved to the hot valley of the Rio Cinco de Novembro (Baixo Timbuí), where the new colony took that name.

The story also explains why the “official” Polish identity of the region is associated with Águia Branca ("white eagle"), while Patrimônio mostly survives in names and local memory. Link (in Polish): Buntowników wysłano w dół rzeki. Patrimônio dos Polacos w Espírito Santo w Brazyli