Dockery Plantation
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Dockery Plantation was a large Mississippi cotton plantation historically recognized as a seminal birthplace of Delta blues music and a gathering place for influential early blues musicians.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cotton plantation
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ music heritage site ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup | African Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithGenre |
Delta blues
ⓘ
blues ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | African American musical culture ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Will Dockery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalActivity |
Saturday night dances
ⓘ
informal blues performances ⓘ juke joint gatherings ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | Mississippi Blues Trail marker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableResident |
Charley Patton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Son House NERFINISHED ⓘ Tommy Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Willie Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableVisitor |
Eddie "Son" House
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Howlin' Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Roosevelt Sykes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
church
ⓘ
commissary ⓘ cotton gin ⓘ railroad depot ⓘ school ⓘ tenant houses ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.dockeryfarms.org/ ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationAppliesTo | Delta blues history ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
crucial incubator for early Delta blues style
ⓘ
major employment center for Black sharecroppers in the Mississippi Delta ⓘ |
| inception | 1895 ⓘ |
| influenced |
American popular music
ⓘ
development of recorded Delta blues repertoire ⓘ later Chicago blues musicians ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Delta blues music
ⓘ
being a gathering place for early blues musicians ⓘ being a seminal birthplace of Delta blues ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mississippi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sunflower County, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Mississippi Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Cleveland, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Will Dockery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| peakActivityPeriod |
1900s
ⓘ
1910s ⓘ 1920s ⓘ |
| product | cotton ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
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