Natchez, on the Mississipi River became very wealthy because of cotton and trade.Spared by the Civil War, it preserved about 500 antebellum houses.

2. 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

7. With the onset of steamboats on the Mississipi River, Natchez
economy turned to cotton trade. Around the city, wealthy
planters (from Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississipi) built their
mansions on large plots of land

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