Disambiguation evidence for Black Belt via surface form

"Black Belt (Alabama)"


As subject (50)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Black Belt (Alabama)".

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