The earliest planters of the Southern Colonies settled along rivers and creeks of the coastal plain. Because the land was washed by ocean tides, the region was known as the Tidewater. The Tidewater's gentle slopes and rivers offered rich farmland for plantation.
*a plantation is a large estate farmed by many workers*
the fortunate few who lived in stately plantation manors with hundreds of servants and slaves at their beck and call.
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Yes, tidewater is a compound word. Tide + water = tidewater.
The Tidewater Tales was created in 1987.
Tidewater Sharks ended in 1977.
Tidewater Sharks was created in 1975.
Tidewater News was created in 1905.
Tidewater Inn was created in 1949.
Tidewater Railway ended in 1907.
Tidewater Railway was created in 1904.
Tidewater Academy was created in 1964.
Both tabocco and rice were grown in the tidewater.