Red, white, & black make blue : indigo in the fabric of Colonial South Carolina life /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Feeser, Andrea.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia Press, [2013]
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Why South Carolina indigo?
  • South Carolina indigo in British and Colonial wear
  • South Carolina indigo in British textiles for the home and Colonial market
  • South Carolina indigo in the dress of slaves and sovereign Indians
  • Indigo cultivation and production in South Carolina
  • Botanists, merchants, and planters in South Carolina : investments in indigo
  • The role of indigo in native-colonist struggles over land and goods
  • Producing South Carolina indigo: colonial planters and the skilled labor of slaves
  • Indigo plantation histories
  • Indigo and an East Florida plantation: overseer Indian Johnson walks away
  • Slave John Williams: a key contributor to the Lucas-Pinckney indigo concern
  • Conclusion. South Carolina indigo: a history of color.