I grew up in the deep south, Right near the border to Texas.
I am in the deep south also called the cotton states as that used to be the predominant crop
I have seen a lot of corn around so I thought it was that.
Historically it was to diffrentiate states that were dependent on slaves and plantations prior to the civil war
Well they are all free now so that is good.
When history books refer to deep south it is specifically Georgia , Alabama, Louisiana,Florida, Mississippi and Texas
I did not know they grouped them up like that.
plantations and slavery. This was the part of the South many considered the "most Southern".
Later, the general definition expanded to include all of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, and often taking in bordering areas of East Texas and North Florida. In its broadest application today, the Deep South is considered to be "an area roughly coextensive with the old cotton belt from eastern North Carolina through South Carolina west into East Texas, with extensions north and south along the Mississippi".
Deep South
The Deep South is a cultural and geographic subregion in the Southern United States. Historically, it was differentiated as those states most dependent on plantations and slave societies during the pre-Civil War period. The Deep South is commonly referred to as the Cotton States, given that the production of cotton was a primary cash crop.
Usage.
The term "Deep South" is defined in a variety of ways:
- Most definitions include the states Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Mississippi, and