Parchman Farm

“Parchman Farm” is the title of a number of songs about Mississippi State Penitentiary, known as Parchman Farm, a hard time prison because of the Trusty system which was later outlawed.

There have been a number of blues songs written about Parchman Farm and several blues musicians were imprisoned there, including Bukka White (who wrote “Parchman Farm Blues”), and Son House. In 1939, folklorist Alan Lomax recorded White and others at the farm for the Library of Congress.

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