THE SOUTH – One Word Wednesday

By |2013-10-23T06:45:26-05:00October 23rd, 2013|one word Wednesday|0 Comments

Below are some fascinating facts I uncovered while doing research for a new series where the heroines will be southern belles.

As defined by the United States Census Bureau, the Southern region of the United States includes sixteen states

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Other terms associated with THE SOUTH:

Old South includes the slave states of 1776 (Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina) and/or all the slave states before 1860 (Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas)

New South used to differentiate states of the slavery-based plantation system during the antebellum period with southern states since 1877. Includes Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and Delaware

Deep South: those states and areas where things most often thought of as “Southern” exist in their most concentrated form. Includes Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina

Dixie: most commonly associated with the eleven states of the Old Confederacy, which were South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina.

I still haven’t decided exactly which southern state to use as the setting, but you can be sure I will be using these delightful characteristics of THE SOUTH throughout the series.

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YOUR TURN: Did I uncover any facts you didn’t know about THE SOUTH?