<P> The Confederate States of America ( CSA or C.S. ) , commonly referred to as the Confederacy , was an unrecognized country in North America that existed from 1861 to 1865 . The Confederacy was originally formed by seven secessionist slave - holding states -- South Carolina , Mississippi , Florida , Alabama , Georgia , Louisiana , and Texas -- in the Lower South region of the United States , whose regional economy was heavily dependent upon agriculture , particularly cotton , and a plantation system that relied upon the labor of African - American slaves . </P>
<P> The Confederate States of America ( CSA or C.S. ) , commonly referred to as the Confederacy , was an unrecognized country in North America that existed from 1861 to 1865 . The Confederacy was originally formed by seven secessionist slave - holding states -- South Carolina , Mississippi , Florida , Alabama , Georgia , Louisiana , and Texas -- in the Lower South region of the United States , whose regional economy was heavily dependent upon agriculture , particularly cotton , and a plantation system that relied upon the labor of African - American slaves . </P>
what was the south called before the civil war
what was the south called before the civil war
The Confederate States of America ( CSA or C.S. ) , commonly referred to as the Confederacy
The Confederate States of America ( CSA or C.S. ) , commonly referred to as the Confederacy