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Majority-Black counties in the U.S. as of the 2020 United States Census

Black Belt in the American South
Cultural region of the United States
CountryBlack Belt in the American South United States
StatesBlack Belt in the American South Alabama
Black Belt in the American South Arkansas
Black Belt in the American South Florida
Black Belt in the American South Georgia
Black Belt in the American South Louisiana
Black Belt in the American South Maryland
Black Belt in the American South Mississippi
Black Belt in the American South North Carolina
Black Belt in the American South South Carolina
Black Belt in the American South Tennessee
Black Belt in the American South Texas
Black Belt in the American South Virginia

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 constituted a majority of the population. Generally the term is applied to a larger region than that defined by its geology.

After 1945, a large fraction of the laborers were replaced by machinery, and they joined the Great Migration to cities of the Midwest and West. Political analysts and historians continue to use the term Black Belt to designate some 200 counties in the South from Virginia to Texas that have a history of majority African American population and cotton production.[1]

  1. ^ Wilson, Charles Reagan (October 10, 2017). "Black Belt/Prairie". Mississippi Encyclopedia. Retrieved August 23, 2020. The Mississippi Black Belt is part of a larger region, stretching from Virginia south to the Carolinas and west through the Deep South, defined by a majority African American population and a long history of cotton production.

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