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The Black Belt in the American South refers to the social history, ... United States map of the Black American population from 1900 U.S. Census.
The Black Belt is a region of the U.S. state of Alabama. The term originally referred to the region's rich, black soil, [ 1 ] much of it in the soil order Vertisols . The term took on an additional meaning in the 19th century, when the region was developed for cotton plantation agriculture, in which the workers were enslaved African Americans .
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 (region of Alabama), a section of Alabama (and extending into Mississippi) having a particular concentration of African Americans; Borscht Belt, a region of Jewish ...
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 ...
The Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area includes several natural landmarks. The entirety of Tuskegee National Forest is located in Macon County, while Talladega National Forest overlaps with part of the heritage area in Bibb, Perry, Hale and Dallas counties. Part of the Bartram Trail runs through the Tuskegee National Forest.
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
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.