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New South

New South proper noun: a proposed reform and modernization of the Southern United States, involving tighter integration with the rest of the United States and a rejection of the economy and traditions of the Old South and the slavery-based plantation system, while maintaining white supremacy through Jim Crow laws and disenfranchisement.

Proper noun

the New South

  1. (US, historical) A proposed reform and modernization of the Southern United States, involving tighter integration with the rest of the United States and a rejection of the economy and traditions of the Old South and the slavery-based plantation system, while maintaining white supremacy through Jim Crow laws and disenfranchisement.

Origin of New South

Coined by its leading proponent, Atlanta editor Henry W. Grady, in 1874.

Questions about New South

What does New South mean?
New South means a proposed reform and modernization of the Southern United States, involving tighter integration with the rest of the United States and a rejection of the economy and traditions of the Old South and the slavery-based plantation system, while maintaining white supremacy through Jim Crow laws and disenfranchisement.
What part of speech is New South?
New South is a proper noun.

Words near New South in the dictionary

  1. new skool
  2. New Smyrna Beach
  3. New Society Village
  4. New Song
  5. New Soup
  6. New South
  7. New South Wales
  8. New South Welsh
  9. New South Welshman
  10. New South Welshmen
  11. New Southgate

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