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"Turpentine Camp - Cross City" Essay by Zora Neale Hurston (page 1)

" Turpentine Camp - Cross City"  Essay by Zora Neale Hurston 1

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TURPENTINE

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.