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The Illinois Central and the road north
1916
Clarksdale freight depot, Mississippi
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The Illinois Central ran straight from this country to Chicago, and the Chicago Defender was smuggled south in Pullman porters' bags with job listings and train times printed in it. Planters tried to ban the paper and arrest labour agents. Around six million people left the South over the next fifty years, and the Delta lost more of its population than almost anywhere, which is why Chicago blues sounds like this place.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: documented spot
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