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Photograph of turpentine still, Baconton, Mitchell County, Georgia, ca. 1930

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Baconton, ca. 1930. Turpentine still and plant operation of J.R. and J.B. Miller, Inc. The Miller brothers are seen in the background at the far right. Men on horseback are woods riders.2003/07/14: "Woods riders" were responsible for bleeding trees on great slash-pine plantations and collecting resin for the manufacture of turpentine in crude stills. Turpentine workers typically lived deep in piney woods and a system of peonage often kept them tied to their poorly paying jobs.
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Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Baconton
  3. Business
  4. Georgia
  5. Horses
  6. Turpentine Industry And Trade
  7. Turpentine Industry Workers

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