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the South: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Cross-references added. Nov 17, 2023
Map added. Apr 14, 2023
Add new Web site: PBS LearningMedia - Cotton Gin - The African Americans. Jun 30, 2021
Changed ā€œblackā€ to ā€œBlackā€ throughout article. Sep 30, 2020
Article revised and expanded. May 27, 2020
Add new Web site: Easy Science for Kids - Southern United States. Aug 01, 2016
Add new Web site: UNC University Library - Documenting the American South. Jan 21, 2014
Add new Web site: Know Southern History - Biographies, Resources, Timelines. Jan 21, 2014
Add new Web site: Constitutional Rights Foundation - Slavery in the American South. Jan 21, 2014
Add new Web site: Constitutional Rights Foundation - Slavery in the American South. Jan 21, 2014
Add new Web site: UNC University Library - Documenting the American South. Jan 21, 2014
Add new Web site: United States Department of Agriculture - The National Forests of the South. Jan 21, 2014
Add new Web site: United States Department of Agriculture - The National Forests of the South. Jan 21, 2014
Add new Web site: UShistory - The Southern Colonies. Jan 21, 2014
Add new Web site: UShistory - The Southern Colonies. Jan 21, 2014
Add new Web site: Norther Arizona University - Geography: USA, The South. Jan 21, 2014
Add new Web site: Norther Arizona University - Geography: USA, The South. Jan 21, 2014
Add new Web site: Civil War Trust - North and South: Different Cultures, Same Country. Jan 21, 2014
Add new Web site: Civil War Trust - North and South: Different Cultures, Same Country. Jan 21, 2014
Add new Web site: Southern Spaces - An Interdisciplinary Journal about Regions, Places, and Cultures of the U.S. South. Jan 21, 2014
Add new Web site: Southern Spaces - An Interdisciplinary Journal about Regions, Places, and Cultures of the U.S. South. Jan 21, 2014
Add new Web site: Southern Cultures - Center for the Study of the American South. Jan 21, 2014
Add new Web site: Southern Cultures - Center for the Study of the American South. Jan 21, 2014
Add new Web site: Official Site of the Southern Oral History Program. Jan 21, 2014
Add new Web site: Official Site of the Southern Oral History Program. Jan 21, 2014
Add new Web site: Know Southern History - Biographies, Resources, Timelines. Jan 21, 2014
Replaced the photograph of the Selma-to-Montgomery, Ala., civil rights march. Apr 07, 2011
Media added. Feb 02, 2007
Article revised. Dec 21, 2001
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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