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The Black Belt in the American South refers to the social history, especially concerning slavery and black workers, of the geological region known as the Black Belt.The geology emphasizes the highly fertile black soil.
Bible Belt, any collection of states more specifically in the American South where evangelical and fundamentalist Protestantism are prevalent; Black Belt in the American South, the social history and politics, especially concerning slavery and black workers, of the geological region known as the Black Belt
Black Belt is a physical geography term referring to a roughly crescent-shaped geological formation of dark fertile soil in the Southern United States. It is about 300 miles (480 km) long and up to 25 miles (40 km) wide in c. east–west orientation, mostly in central Alabama and northeast Mississippi .
The inner core of the Deep South, characterized by very rich black soil that supported cotton plantations, is a geological formation known as the Black Belt. The Black Belt has since become better known as a sociocultural region; in this context it is a term used for much of the Cotton Belt, which had a high percentage of African-American slave ...
In electoral maps of the 20th and early 21st centuries, the Black Belt has appeared as a "Blue Belt" because of the voters' strong support for the Democratic Party. With the exception of parts of the city of Birmingham , the outline of Alabama's 7th congressional district roughly matches the western Black Belt region.
Black Belt in the American South; A. Adams County, Mississippi; Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area; Allendale County, South Carolina; B. Bamberg County, South ...
Map showing the distribution of the slave population of the southern states of the United States. Compiled from the census of 1860. Note the population densities in the Black Belt region. Originally part of the Mississippi Territory, the Alabama Territory was formed in 1817.
Black Belt in the American South, A region of highly fertile black soil in the American South that was the center of slavery, and continues to have a large black population into the 21st century Black Belt (geological formation) , geological formation of dark fertile soil in the Southern United States