sentences:  However, unlike many other towns in the Canebrake and Black Belt, Demopolis was never overwhelmed by a homogeneous planter class that came to dominate so many of the others.During these years and those to come, the rivers brought in a large itinerant population with a desire for raucous entertainment.This created a profitable and brisk trade for those operating taverns and did much to earn early Demopolis a reputation for decadence.