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New South, New South Democracy or New South Creed is a phrase that has been used intermittently since the American Civil War to describe the American South, after 1877. The term "New South" is used in contrast to the Old South of the plantation system of the antebellum period.
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* 1 Usages
* 2 The 20th Century
o 2.1 The Great Depression and World War II
o 2.2 Civil rights
o 2.3 Politics
o 2.4 Geography
o 2.5 Economy
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 Bibliography
o 5.1 Primary sources
* 6 External links
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The term has been used with different applications in mind. The original use of the term "New South" was an attempt to describe the rise of a modern, industrial South that had abandoned the plantation ethos. The antebellum South was largely agrarian and sought to preserve its cultural identity in departing from the Union, which led to the irrepressible conflict. After the war, the South was impoverished and seemed to be in great need of an alternative economy. The New South was no longer to be dependent on banned slave labor or predominantly upon the raising of cotton, but rather industrialized and part of a modern national economy. Henry W. Grady made this term popular in his articles and speeches as editor of the Atlanta Constitution. Richard H. Edmonds of the Baltimore Manufacturers Record was another staunch advocate of New South industrialization. The Manufacturers Record was one of the most widely read and powerful publications among turn of the twentieth century industrialists. One way of envisioning the New South were the socialist Ruskin Colonies.[1] The historian Paul Gaston[2] coined the specific term "New South Creed" to describe the hollow promises of white elites like Grady that industrialization would bring prosperity to the region.
The New South campaign was championed by Southern elites often outside of the old planter class, in hopes of forming partnerships with Northern capitalists in order to strengthen the social, political and economic status quo of the South. They in turn expected to situate themselves as equals to northern investors. From Henry Grady to Booker T. Washington, New South advocates wanted southern economic regeneration, sectional reconciliation, racial harmony and their idea of the gospel of work.
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Contents
[hide]
* 1 Usages
* 2 The 20th Century
o 2.1 The Great Depression and World War II
o 2.2 Civil rights
o 2.3 Politics
o 2.4 Geography
o 2.5 Economy
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 Bibliography
o 5.1 Primary sources
* 6 External links
[edit] Usages
The term has been used with different applications in mind. The original use of the term "New South" was an attempt to describe the rise of a modern, industrial South that had abandoned the plantation ethos. The antebellum South was largely agrarian and sought to preserve its cultural identity in departing from the Union, which led to the irrepressible conflict. After the war, the South was impoverished and seemed to be in great need of an alternative economy. The New South was no longer to be dependent on banned slave labor or predominantly upon the raising of cotton, but rather industrialized and part of a modern national economy. Henry W. Grady made this term popular in his articles and speeches as editor of the Atlanta Constitution. Richard H. Edmonds of the Baltimore Manufacturers Record was another staunch advocate of New South industrialization. The Manufacturers Record was one of the most widely read and powerful publications among turn of the twentieth century industrialists. One way of envisioning the New South were the socialist Ruskin Colonies.[1] The historian Paul Gaston[2] coined the specific term "New South Creed" to describe the hollow promises of white elites like Grady that industrialization would bring prosperity to the region.
The New South campaign was championed by Southern elites often outside of the old planter class, in hopes of forming partnerships with Northern capitalists in order to strengthen the social, political and economic status quo of the South. They in turn expected to situate themselves as equals to northern investors. From Henry Grady to Booker T. Washington, New South advocates wanted southern economic regeneration, sectional reconciliation, racial harmony and their idea of the gospel of work.
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