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Mississippi is an East South Central state bordered by Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, Mexico to the west, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south. The state has the largest percentage of African American population in the United States. Mississippi's landscape includes farmland and forested hills.

If you like a mild climate, Mississippi could be the place for you. The state's gulf coast has many sunny beaches and nice hotels. Get a glimpse of how wealthy southern plantation owners once lived. Tour mansions built before the Civil War at Vicksburg and Natchez. While in Vicksburg, you can see where General Grant's army took control of the Mississippi River with an important victory during the Civil War. The Union Army victory cut the Confederate forces in two.

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