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black land

American  
Also blackland

noun

  1. a black, clayey soil.


Etymology

Origin of black land

First recorded in 1795–1805


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Local business owners glide past in big black land cruisers and range rovers.

From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2024

The show explores subjects including the economics of slavery, democratic representation, health-care history, black land ownership, and pop music in textured, sometimes surprising ways.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 21, 2019

Now, as reparations have become a subject of national debate, the issue of black land loss is receiving renewed attention.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 15, 2019

Nathan Rosenberg, a lawyer and a researcher in the group, said, “If you want to understand wealth and inequality in this country, you have to understand black land loss.”

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 15, 2019

In the wake of the reapers’ scythes the black land showed again through the stubble, no longer moist and rich but bone-hard, desiccated, and beginning to crack in all directions under the burning sun.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

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