U.S. South
Below Mason-Dixon line
The U.S.
South is the southeastern region of the United States, historically defined by the former slaveholding states of the Confederacy.
The boundaries are fuzzy—Texas and Florida are sometimes included, sometimes not—but the cultural core runs from Virginia through the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
The South carries associations with slower pace, hospitality, distinctive accent, and the legacy of slavery and segregation: She moved back South after college.
Southerner and Southern share these connotations.
- AlabamaDeep South state
- Civil WarCountrymen fighting countrymen
- Mississippi RiverLongest North American watercourse
- Jim Crow lawsPost-Reconstruction racial separation statutes
- Emancipation ProclamationExecutive order freeing Confederate slaves
front porch · fried chicken · Confederate States · Georgia · mason jar · Bible Belt · cotton industry · Reconstruction Era · Cajun cuisine · Louisiana · bayous · pine forests · tobacco fields · Tennessee · Appalachian Mountains · Florida · Arkansas · tourism
U.S. SouthNew England
Northeast U.S. region
Pacific Northwest · Upper Midwest · Great Lakes region · West Coast · Midwest
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