Lower South

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The Lower South is a cultural region of the southeastern United States characterized by its distinct historical development, plantation-based agriculture, and diverse Indigenous and African American cultural influences.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lower South canonical 2
American_South 1
U.S. Deep South 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
region of the United States ⓘ
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
Upper South ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
demographicGroup White Southern population ⓘ
large African American population ⓘ
economyHistoricallyBasedOn cotton production ⓘ
rice cultivation ⓘ
slave labor ⓘ
sugarcane cultivation ⓘ
tobacco cultivation ⓘ
hasCharacteristic African American cultural influences ⓘ
Creole cultural influences ⓘ
Gulf Coast cultural influences ⓘ
Indigenous cultural influences ⓘ
agrarian cultural traditions ⓘ
conservative political culture ⓘ
distinct dialects of Southern American English ⓘ
high African American population ⓘ
historically rural economy ⓘ
humid subtropical climate ⓘ
legacy of Jim Crow laws ⓘ
legacy of slavery ⓘ
plantation-based agriculture ⓘ
racially stratified society ⓘ
strong Protestant Christian influence ⓘ
historicalEvent American Civil War ⓘ
Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
secession of Southern states ⓘ
historicalPeriod Antebellum era ⓘ
linked to: Antebellum period

Jim Crow era ⓘ
linked to: Jim Crow laws

Reconstruction era ⓘ
includesState Alabama ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
parts of Florida ⓘ
parts of Texas ⓘ
knownFor Creole and Cajun cuisine ⓘ
Southern cuisine ⓘ
blues music traditions ⓘ
gospel music traditions ⓘ
plantation culture ⓘ
racial segregation history ⓘ
locatedIn Southeastern United States ⓘ
partOf American South ⓘ
religionDominant Evangelical Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Evangelicalism

Protestantism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Koasati → culturalRegion → Lower South ⓘ
The Regional Writer → topic → American_South ⓘ
linked to: Lower South
South Atlantic States → hasSubregion → Lower South ⓘ
Cairo, Georgia → region → U.S. Deep South ⓘ
linked to: Lower South