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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Black Belt canonical | 3 |
| American Black Belt | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural region
ⓘ
historical region ⓘ |
| agriculturalUse |
cotton plantations in 19th century
ⓘ
pasture and livestock grazing ⓘ soybean cultivation ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
enslaved African labor
ⓘ
sharecropping ⓘ tenant farming ⓘ voting rights struggles ⓘ |
| climate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| contains |
Demopolis
ⓘ
surface form:
Demopolis, Alabama
Marion, Alabama ⓘ Selma, Alabama ⓘ |
| demographicCharacteristic |
high proportion of Black residents since slavery era
ⓘ
large African American population ⓘ |
| economicCharacteristic |
historically dependent on cotton
ⓘ
persistent rural poverty ⓘ |
| geology | formed from Cretaceous chalk and marl deposits ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
fertile dark soil
ⓘ
high clay content soil ⓘ prairie landscape ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | named for dark, fertile soil ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
center of antebellum cotton plantation economy in Alabama
ⓘ
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
ⓘ
Butler County, Alabama ⓘ Choctaw County, Alabama ⓘ Crenshaw County ⓘ
surface form:
Crenshaw County, Alabama
Dallas County, Alabama ⓘ Greene County, Alabama ⓘ Hale County ⓘ
surface form:
Hale County, Alabama
Lowndes County, Alabama ⓘ Macon County, Alabama ⓘ Marengo County, Alabama ⓘ Montgomery County, Alabama ⓘ Perry County, Alabama ⓘ Sumter County, Alabama ⓘ Wilcox County, Alabama ⓘ |
| knownFor |
African American history
ⓘ
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
American Black Belt
subject surface form:
Greene County, Alabama