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El 8 de febrero de 1861 se fundaron los Estados Confederados de América y ésta es la razón por la que se les conoce como "Dixies": La historia es, cuanto menos, curiosa, hasta la Guerra de Secesión (1861-1865), los billetes no eran emitidos por el gobierno federal, sino por los bancos privados, siendo el Citizens' Bank of Louisiana (New Orleans) el que emitía los billetes más usados en todo el Sur, asimismo, fue el primer en emitir los billetes de 10$.

Estos billetes eran ciertamente particulares, ya que estaban impresos por una cara en inglés y por la otra en francés, hablado en esta parte del actual territorio de EE.UU. El billete de 10$ se hizo muy popular, tanto que le pusieron el nombre de "dixie", que proviene del francés dix (diez).

Éste es uno de esos billetes:



Al extenderse esta denominación pasó a conocerse como "Dixies" a los confederados, sudistas o sureños y "Dixieland" a todo el territorio del Sur.

Fuente: https://twitter.com/AleJanito65/stat...27888776638464
Interesante.
Copio de Wikipedia otras teorías sobre el origen de la acepción "Dixie"
Origin of the terms "Dixie" and "Dixieland"[edit]

Several theories exist regarding the origin of the term "Dixie". According to Robert LeRoy Ripley (founder and originator of "Ripley's Believe It or Not"), Dixie has nothing to do with the south. "Dixieland" was originally located on a farm in Long Island, New York. This farm was owned by a man named John Dixie. He befriended so many slaves before the Civil War, his place, "Dixie's Land," became a sort of a paradise to them.
James H. Street, in his book, Look Away! A Dixie Notebook, as condensed in the August 1937 Readers Digest, page 45, says that "Johaan Dixie" a Haarlem (Manhattan Island) farmer and slave owner, upon deciding that his slaves were not profitable because they were necessarily idle during the New York winter, sent them to Charleston, where they were sold. Subsequently, the slaves were busy constantly, and, longing for the less strenuous life on the Haarlem farm, would chant, "I sho' wish we was back on Dixie's lan'. Lawdy Lawd. If we wuz all back on Dixie's lan'." Dan Emmett had toured the south, and had heard the Dixie ditty. Dixie did not catch on when Emmett introduced it in New Orleans in the late 50s, but a few years later at the secession convention in Montgomery Alabama the bandmaster was inspired to adapt Dixie, stepped up the tempo, and it became an instant success, and the anthem of the South.
The most popular theory maintains that the term's origins lie in the Mason–Dixon line.[44] Another theory posits that it derives from the term, "Dix Notes," which referred to ten dollar bills in Louisiana.