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 | | The state was devastated during the war, and after the abolition of slavery the plantation system was replaced by tenant farming, which still focused on traditional agricultural products such as cotton, tobacco, peanuts, and grain crops. |
 | | The six venomous snakes found in the state are the coral snake, the water moccasin, or cottonmouth, the copperhead, the pygmy rattlesnake, timber or canebreak rattlesnake, and the Eastern diamondback rattlesnake. |
 | | The principal officers of the executive branch are the lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, comptroller general, treasurer, commissioner of agriculture, commissioner of labor, and state superintendent of schools. |
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