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historical region of the Southeastern United States populated by people of Niger-Congo descent

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The Black Belt in the American South is a geopolitical region comprising areas with both historical and current majority African American populations. The term for the geopolitical region comes from that of the geological formation known as the Black Belt, named for the highly fertile black soil, and the history of the region regarding slavery. 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 affluent white people and worked by primarily black people, who in many counties constituted a majority of the population. As the term applies to the sociopolitical region, it generally describes a region larger than that defined by its geology.

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historical region of the Southeastern United States populated by people of Niger-Congo descent

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Black Belt: indication of attainment of a high rank of skill in martial · American magazine covering martial arts and combat sports · region of Alabama originally named for black topsoil · 1978 film by Crossbelt Mani

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The Black Belt in the American South is a geopolitical region comprising areas with both historical and current majority African American populations. The term for the geopolitical region comes from that of the geological formation known as the Black Belt, named for the highly fertile black soil, and the history of the region regarding slavery. 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 affluent white people and worked by primarily black people, who in many counties constituted a majority of the population. As the term applies to the sociopolitical region, it generally describes a region larger than that defined by its geology.

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