Where did southern accents in the US come from?

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Where did southern accents in the US come from?

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Don’t forget Africa.

“The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world” may not be true, but it certainly has an impact on speech. If your nanny, who is raising the child, is an enslaved person from Africa, you’re going to have African speech patterns enter the language.