3 min readMay 13, 2020
A DIFFERENT TYPE OF BLACK BELT
The Black Belt was a region located in the Southern United States. The term ‘Black Belt’ was initially used to define the prairies/ the productive black soils found in Central Alabama and Northeast of Mississippi. Another meaning of the term Black Belt was a region that had the vast majority of the African American population as a result of the institution of slavery in the southern states. Since these areas were prime for slave labor and the cultivation…