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One thing I think a lot of white people in the US both north and south fail to understand is that the history of the south is Black history as soon as you look past the governmental level. Down at the level where normal people live their lives, the south's population was and is very Black.

The majority of South Carolina's population was of African descent for over 200 years, i.e., most of its history as a political entity. www.blackpast.org/african-amer....

South Carolina's Black Majority (1708-1920) •www.blackpast.org By 1708 South Carolina became the first British North American colony to have an African American majority. The first Africans to arrive in South Carolina likely came in 1526 as part of the San Miguel...

I think that's why so many people outside the South are OK with writing off the region