Lower South

E951784

cultural region region of the United States

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.

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All labels observed (3)

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

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural region ⓘ region of the United States ⓘ
borderedBy	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Gulf of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper South NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Civil Rights Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ secession of Southern states ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Antebellum era NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Crow era NERFINISHED ⓘ Reconstruction era NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesState	Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ 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	Southern United States ⓘ surface form: Southeastern United States
partOf	American South NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionDominant	Evangelical Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ Protestantism NERFINISHED ⓘ

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 → Lower South ⓘ

this entity surface form: American_South

South Atlantic States → hasSubregion → Lower South ⓘ

Cairo, Georgia → region → Lower South ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Deep South