Original sentence: So, anyway, it was safer to emigrate to Brazil and, according to the Inquisition reports, many Jews were condemned for secretly observing jewish customs in Brazil during colonial times.The New Christians, however, mostly stayed in Brazil and moved to the countryside, particularly into the the area which is now the State of Paraiba, to avoid the re-activation of the Inquisition in Recife
Edited sentence: So, anyway, it was safer to emigrate to Brazil and, according to the Inquisition reports, many Jews were condemned for secretly observing Jewish customs in Brazil during colonial times.The New Christians, however, mostly stayed in Brazil and moved to the countryside, particularly into the area which is now the State of Paraiba, to avoid the re-activation of the Inquisition in Recife