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Essay
Zora Neale
Hurston wrote this essay during a trip to the Cross City turpentine camp
for the WPA.
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Turpentine
Cross City: Turpentine Camp
Zora Hurston
August 1939
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"Well, I put on my shoes and I started. Going up some roads and
down some others to see what Negroes do for a living. Going down one road
I smelt hot rosin and looked and saw a “gum patch.” That’s a turpentine
still to the outsider, but gum path(sic) to those who work them..."
Transcript
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A
Reference Guide to Florida Folklore from the Federal WPA Deposited in
the Florida Folklife Archives.
[Compiled by Jill I. Linzee Tallahassee: Division of Historical Resources,
1990]
Stetson
Kennedy's introduction to A Reference Guide to Florida Folklore from
the Federal WPA Deposited in the Florida Folklife Archives (Florida
division of Historical Resources, 1990) describes describes Zora Neale
Hurston's work with the Federal Writers' Project in Florida. Zora’s
Contributions and
The
Recording Expeditions in particular discuss Zora Neale Hurston and
the trip to the turpentine camp near Cross City.
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- The
Federal Context
- The
Florida Staff
- The
Flow of Copy
- The
"Negro Unit"
- The
Ex-Slave Narratives and "The Florida Negro"
- Zora’s
Contributions
- Social-Ethnic
Studies and Life History
- The
Recording Expeditions
- The
End
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Audio
As part of her
job with the Work Projects Administration, Zora Neale Hurston traveled Florida
collecting folklore and songs. Here she describes a card game called "Georgia
Skin". Then she sings "Shove It Over," a railroad track lining
song.
Go
to the audio page. |
Florida
State Archives
R.A. Gray Building
500 South Bronough Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250
850.245.6700
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