Devil's Crossroads - Clarksdale MS
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N 34° 11.684 W 090° 33.835
15S E 724476 N 3786430
The myth of the “crossroads” comes from Africa and some of its traditions brought to the U.S. and Mississippi with its slave population.
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Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 01/12/2017
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Robert Johnson, perhaps Mississippi’s most famous bluesman, traveled the Delta playing parties, dives, clubs and even front porches. His playing in 1936 differed so much from his playing in earlier years that many people believed he sold his soul to “The Devil” at the crossroads.
The myth of the “crossroads” comes from Africa and some of its traditions brought to the U.S. and Mississippi with its slave population. The story goes that if you need something bad enough, you can make a deal with “Elegba”, or Satan. You go to a crossroads at midnight and wait until he shows up. That’s when you sign your soul away and lose your chance at salvation in exchange for whatever gift it is you want or need.
As for where this mythical crossroads is, some people think it’s the intersection of highways 49 and 61 in Clarksdale. That’s where a world famous monument is today.
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