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Turpentine Woods and the Backers of the Carolinas
In the turpentine season in the pine regions of North and South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia and parts of Florida workers tap trees by cutting boxes, guiding sap with borers and corners. The rider on horseback oversees dippers and backers while the still distills gum into spirits of turpentine. the trade uses white pine barrels and fire heated vats, with labor by Negroes and whites amid forests, fires, and seasonal migration from North to Gulf areas.
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