Dockery Plantation, Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States
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Dockery Plantation in Sunflower County, Mississippi, is a historic cotton plantation widely regarded as one of the birthplaces of Delta blues music.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dockery Plantation | 0 |
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
birthplace of Delta blues
ⓘ
cotton plantation ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Charley Patton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Delta blues musicians ⓘ Howlin' Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ Tommy Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Willie Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalSignificance |
important site in African American music history
ⓘ
important site in American cultural history ⓘ one of the birthplaces of Delta blues ⓘ |
| employed |
lumber workers
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sawmill workers ⓘ sharecroppers ⓘ tenant farmers ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Will Dockery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | Mississippi Landmark ⓘ |
| hasMarker | historical marker ⓘ |
| hasResident |
Charley Patton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Howlin' Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ Tommy Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Willie Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
commissary
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cotton gin ⓘ main house ⓘ sawmill ⓘ tenant houses ⓘ |
| hasUse |
agricultural production
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commissary operations ⓘ cotton gin operations ⓘ lumber mill operations ⓘ sawmill operations ⓘ tenant housing ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationGrantedBy | Mississippi Department of Archives and History NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| inception | 1895 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
African American musical culture
ⓘ
Delta blues music ⓘ sharecropping community ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mississippi Delta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sunflower County, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Cleveland, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicGenreOrigin | Delta blues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Will Dockery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Mississippi Blues Trail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| product | cotton ⓘ |
| region | Delta region of Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
development of Delta blues style
ⓘ
residence of early blues musicians ⓘ |
| state | Mississippi ⓘ |
| tourism |
blues tourism destination
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heritage tourism destination ⓘ |
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