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Southern States

U.S.

Confederacy

government of 11 Southern states that left the Union in 1860. [Am. Hist.: EB, III: 73]

Dixie

popular name for Southern states in U.S. and for song. [Am. Hist.: EB, III: 587]

Gone With the Wind

archetypal novel about the South. [Am. Lit.: Gone With the Wind]

gray

color of the uniform of the Confederate soldier. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 566]

grits

coarsely ground hominy served in traditional Southern breakfast. [Am. Culture: Misc.]

Johnny Reb

a Confederate soldier or a resident of the Confederate states. [Am. Usage: Misc.]

Mason-Dixon Line

boundary between Pennsylvania and Mary-land that came to divide the slave (southern) states from the free (northern) states. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1714]

Spanish moss

silvery gray plant whose threadlike fronds hang from trees in the South. [Am. Culture: EB, IX: 400–401]

Stars and Bars

flag of the Confederate States of the U.S. [Am. Hist.: EB, III: 73]

wisteria

woody vine found in Southern gardens. [Am. Culture: EB, X: 716]

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No references found	The ideas of men who speculate upon the dismemberment of the empire seem generally turned toward three confederacies -- one consisting of the four Northern, another of the four Middle, and a third of the five Southern States. Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context That combination of forces--the over-lord, the white woman, and the black man--would have cost some- -probably all of them--their lives in the Southern States of America. The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context This terrible secret society was formed by some ex-Confederate soldiers in the Southern states after the Civil War, and it rapidly formed local branches in different parts of the country, notably in Tennessee, Louisiana, the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context	Southern Guinea Upland southern hemisphere Southern Ice Field Southern Illinois University Southern Indian Ocean Anticyclone Southern Kazakh Merino Southern Khangai Plateau southern lights Southern Luo Southern Methodist University Southern Morocco Southern Ocean Southern Pacific Company southern pine Southern Polar Front Southern Question Southern Railroad Southern Rebels Southern Rhodesia Southern Sakhalin Operation of 1945 Southern Siberian Mountains Southern Siberian Race Southern Socialist Revolutionary Party Southern Society of Decembrists Southern Sporades Southern States Southern Tigre Southern Triangle Southern Union of Russian Workers Southern University Southern Uplands Southern Urals Southern Urals Railroad Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance Southern Ute Tribal Sun Dance Southern Yakut Coal Basin Southern Yemen Southerne, Thomas Southerner Southey Southey, Robert Southfield Southford Falls State Park Southgate southing Southington southpaw Southport Southwark Southwell Southwell, Robert	Southern Solomon Islands Southern Solomon Islands Southern Somali National Movement Southern Song Southern Song Southern Song Dynasty Southern Song Dynasty Southern Sonoma County Resource Conservation District Southern Sotho Southern South Carolina Eastern Surfing Association Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association Southern Soybean Disease Workers southern spadefoot Southern Spadefoot Toad Southern Spadefoot Toad southern spatterdock Southern Speech Communication Journal Southern Spinal Injuries Trust Southern Sporades Southern Sporades Southern Sport Karate Organisation Southern Sports Association of the Deaf Southern Squid Jig Fishery Southern Star Central Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline Southern Star Elites Southern Star Energy Corporation Southern Star Energy, Inc Southern State Parkway Southern States Southern States Athletic Conference Southern States Boating Law Administrators Association Southern States Bull Riding Southern States Communication Association Southern States Correctional Association Southern States Dachshund Rescue Southern States Energy Board Southern States Football League Southern States Police Benevolent Association Southern States Sign Council Southern Strafford Community Health Coalition Southern Strategy Group Southern Students Organizing Committee Southern Success Business Enterprise Centre Southern Sudan Agriculture Revitalization Program Southern Sudan Beverages Ltd. Southern Sudan Human Rights Commission Southern Sudan Interactive Radio Instruction Southern Sudan Police Service Southern Sudan Reconstruction and Development Fund Southern Surgical Association Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group Southern Sydney Freight Line

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The ideas of men who speculate upon the dismemberment of the empire seem generally turned toward three confederacies -- one consisting of the four Northern, another of the four Middle, and a third of the five Southern States.

Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context

That combination of forces--the over-lord, the white woman, and the black man--would have cost some- -probably all of them--their lives in the Southern States of America.

The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context

This terrible secret society was formed by some ex-Confederate soldiers in the Southern states after the Civil War, and it rapidly formed local branches in different parts of the country, notably in Tennessee, Louisiana, the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context

Southern Guinea Upland

southern hemisphere

Southern Ice Field

Southern Illinois University

Southern Indian Ocean Anticyclone

Southern Kazakh Merino

Southern Khangai Plateau

southern lights

Southern Luo

Southern Methodist University

Southern Morocco