Sitting 600 feet from the mighty Mississippi, just upriver from ... In fact, the 17-year occupation of New Orleans and the ...

“Starting at Andry Plantation along the mighty Mississippi River,” said Denise ... While determined, the slaves marching along the River Road were not unchallenged. Two days into the revolt ...

The Mississippi Delta gave birth to a blues style that links most directly to the work songs and field hollers of slaves on Southern plantations ... Johnson's "Cross Road Blues," below: ...