Southern Colonies

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The Southern Colonies were the British colonial regions in North America known for their plantation-based economies, reliance on enslaved labor, and production of cash crops like tobacco, rice, and indigo.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Southern Colonies canonical 16
Chesapeake colonies 3
Southern colonies 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British colonies in North America ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Middle Colonies ⓘ
climate humid ⓘ
warm ⓘ
colonizedBy England ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
composedOf Colony of Georgia ⓘ
surface form: Georgia Colony

Colony of Maryland ⓘ
surface form: Maryland Colony

North Carolina Colony ⓘ
Province of Carolina ⓘ
surface form: South Carolina Colony

Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Virginia Colony
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
demographicFeature high proportion of enslaved population in some colonies ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
cash crops ⓘ
governedAs proprietary colonies ⓘ
royal colonies ⓘ
hadEconomicSystem plantation economy ⓘ
historicalSuccessor Southern United States ⓘ
knownFor export-oriented agriculture ⓘ
large landholdings ⓘ
rural settlement patterns ⓘ
laborSystem chattel slavery ⓘ
indentured servitude ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn British America ⓘ
North America ⓘ
majorCrop cotton ⓘ
indigo ⓘ
rice ⓘ
tobacco ⓘ
majorExport indigo dye ⓘ
naval stores ⓘ
rice ⓘ
tobacco ⓘ
partOf Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
partOfConflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
reliedOn enslaved labor ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
socialStructure enslaved Africans ⓘ
planter elite ⓘ
small farmers ⓘ
timePeriod 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
used plantation system ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (23)

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

Province of Georgia → locatedIn → Southern Colonies ⓘ
Colonial America → hasPart → Southern Colonies ⓘ
Colony and Dominion of Virginia → partOf → Southern Colonies ⓘ
North Carolina pound → historicalRegion → Southern Colonies ⓘ
Committees of Correspondence → locatedIn → Southern Colonies ⓘ
Maryland Sons of Liberty → historicalRegion → Southern Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chesapeake colonies
Virginia Sons of Liberty → region → Southern Colonies ⓘ
British capture of Savannah → theater → Southern Colonies ⓘ
Battle of Eutaw Springs → theater → Southern Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern colonies
Charles Carter of Shirley → region → Southern Colonies ⓘ
British southern strategy → appliesToPart → Southern Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern colonies
British capture of Augusta (1779) → region → Southern Colonies ⓘ
Sams family → partOf → Southern Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: colonial society of South Carolina
Sarre family → partOf → Southern Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: colonial society of South Carolina
Carolina campaign of 1780 → location → Southern Colonies ⓘ
Martha Parke Custis → historicalRegion → Southern Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chesapeake colonies
Colony of Georgia → region → Southern Colonies ⓘ
North Carolina Colony → locatedIn → Southern Colonies ⓘ
Maryland Toleration Act → geographicContext → Southern Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chesapeake colonies
Caroline County, Colony of Virginia → partOf → Southern Colonies ⓘ
Ann Eilbeck Mason → region → Southern Colonies ⓘ