mississippi. the images that we re seeing on our computers and television, we can t say this is an innocent past. like the old south. yes. what is the old south. after the civil war, the old south meant is that this mythology place of big plantation houses with corin theean columns and southern gentlemen and happy slaves. everyone is well taken care of. some people are owned by other people. but everyone is well fed, well clothed and loved and appreciated and this is why something like this would appeal to white northerners. because that is not the environment that they lived in. it is really a story about the merits of white supremacy. i spoke with another historian who said it was white supremacy that helped the north and south