Complex sentence: Numerous conversos, however, stayed in Brazil, migrating to the countryside in the province of Paraíba and away from the reinstated Inquisition, which was mostly active in the major cities.
Split into simpler sentences: Numerous conversos, however, stayed in Brazil. They survived by migrating to the countryside in the province of Paraíba and away from the reinstated Inquisition, which was mostly active in the major cities.