Black Belt
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Black Belt is a historically significant region in Alabama known for its fertile dark soil and its central role in the state’s plantation agriculture and African American history.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Black Belt (Alabama) | 0 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural region
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historical region ⓘ |
| agriculturalUse |
cotton plantations in 19th century
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pasture and livestock grazing ⓘ soybean cultivation ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
enslaved African labor
ⓘ
sharecropping ⓘ tenant farming ⓘ voting rights struggles ⓘ |
| climate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| contains |
Demopolis, Alabama
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marion, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Selma, Alabama ⓘ |
| demographicCharacteristic |
high proportion of Black residents since slavery era
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large African American population ⓘ |
| economicCharacteristic |
historically dependent on cotton
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persistent rural poverty ⓘ |
| geology | formed from Cretaceous chalk and marl deposits ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
fertile dark soil
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high clay content soil ⓘ prairie landscape ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | named for dark, fertile soil ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
center of antebellum cotton plantation economy in Alabama
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core area of slavery-based agriculture in Alabama ⓘ key region in Alabama civil rights movement ⓘ stronghold of Jim Crow segregation in Alabama ⓘ |
| includes |
Bullock County, Alabama
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Butler County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Choctaw County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Crenshaw County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Dallas County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Greene County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Hale County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Lowndes County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Macon County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Marengo County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Montgomery County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Perry County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Sumter County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilcox County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
African American history
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civil rights history ⓘ cotton production ⓘ plantation agriculture ⓘ sharecropping history ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alabama
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| partOf |
Southern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
American South
Black Belt (U.S. region) ⓘ |
| soilType | Vertisols ⓘ |