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Bobby Rush

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Blues legend Bobby Rush was the headliner for the 2010 Cane River Music Festival at Oakland Plantation.

Did You Know?

Magnolia Brick Slave Quarters

Brick was an uncommonly expensive and durable substrate for a slave structure.  Most slave houses were built of planks or logs and were extremely drafty.  Magnolia’s brick cabins with wooden floors provided a level of comfort seldom found in slave dwellings.