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