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Southern Spaces
A journal about real and imagined spaces and places of the US South and their global connections

The Black Belt

...slaves were most profitable, and consequently they were taken there in the largest numbers. Later, and especially since the war, the term seems to be used wholly in a political...

Inside Poor Monkey's

...Many customers bring their own Crown Royal, which is acceptable as long as they buy mixers. By ten o’clock, although the lounge grows smoky and raucous, a code of behavior...

Tuscaloosa: Riversong

...water climb higher than before, and in the spring the people of the town visit mounds filled with bones. They buy feathers and skin painted bright colors, or whistles drilled...

The Sub Series: Henry County, Georgia

Henry County 2008 The subordinate status rhetorically applied to some areas, neighborhoods, and home loans belies a contemporary reality: more US citizens reside in suburbs than in the country or...

A Mess of Poke

...page, "The decision to stop processing poke was primarily because of the difficulty of finding people interested in picking poke and bring it to our buying locations." Poke lacks a...

Searcy County Livestock Auction

...until its closure in 2009. Operating once a week, it attracted both local and out-of-state buyers. Initially, the auction sold both cattle and hogs, gaining a reputation as one of...