The term "Deep South" designates a cultural region of the

United States. Located in the northern Gulf of Mexico, the

Deep South is distinguished from the "Old South", that is to

say, the southern part of the former Thirteen Colonies. The

Deep South designates usually former Confederate states of

the American Civil War: South Carolina, Mississippi,

Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, to which is added Florida

and sometimes Texas

With the onset of steamboats on the Mississipi River, Natchezeconomy turned to cotton trade. Around the city, wealthyplanters (from Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississipi) built theirmansions on large plots of land

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