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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf birthplace of Delta blues ⓘ
cotton plantation ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
associatedWith Charley Patton ⓘ
Delta blues musicians ⓘ
Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
Tommy Johnson ⓘ
Willie Brown ⓘ
country 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 ⓘ
sawmill workers ⓘ
sharecroppers ⓘ
tenant farmers ⓘ
foundedBy Will Dockery ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation Mississippi Landmark ⓘ
hasMarker historical marker ⓘ
hasResident Charley Patton ⓘ
Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
Tommy Johnson ⓘ
Willie Brown ⓘ
hasStructure commissary ⓘ
cotton gin ⓘ
main house ⓘ
sawmill ⓘ
tenant houses ⓘ
hasUse agricultural production ⓘ
commissary operations ⓘ
cotton gin operations ⓘ
lumber mill operations ⓘ
sawmill operations ⓘ
tenant housing ⓘ
heritageDesignationGrantedBy Mississippi Department of Archives and History ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
inception 1895 ⓘ
knownFor African American musical culture ⓘ
Delta blues music ⓘ
sharecropping community ⓘ
locatedIn Mississippi Delta ⓘ
Sunflower County, Mississippi ⓘ
locatedNear Cleveland, Mississippi ⓘ
musicGenreOrigin Delta blues ⓘ
namedAfter Will Dockery ⓘ
partOf Mississippi Blues Trail ⓘ
product cotton ⓘ
region Delta region of Mississippi ⓘ
significantEvent development of Delta blues style ⓘ
residence of early blues musicians ⓘ
state Mississippi ⓘ
tourism blues tourism destination ⓘ
heritage tourism destination ⓘ

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Charley Patton → raisedIn → Dockery Plantation, Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States ⓘ