Black Belt in the American South
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title:
Black Belt in the American South
text:
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. Historically, the black belt economy was based on cotton plantations – along with some tobacco plantation areas along the Virginia-North Carolina border. The valuable land was largely controlled by rich whites, and worked by very poor, primarily black slaves who in many counties
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Social history in the southwestern US
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Belt_in_the_American_South
date created:
2020-02-14T07:58:33Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T00:25:37Z
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