SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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indigo
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cotton
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peas
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tobacco
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Detailed explanation-1: -Eliza’s experiments with indigo were ridiculed by her neighbors. They had known that the tropical plant did not do well in the winter months. Years of persistence paid off, however, when in 1744, she was able to grow enough indigo to begin the process of dye production.
Detailed explanation-2: -But then, England found itself at war with France and could no longer import indigo from the French West Indies. So it needed a new source, preferably within the British Empire. Eliza decided to give it a try. Indigo was a tropical plant.
Detailed explanation-3: -Eliza was also known to George Washington. The two met at Hampton Plantation during his 1791 visit to South Carolina. Eliza traveled to Philadelphia for breast cancer treatment in 1793.
Detailed explanation-4: -Historians estimate that at the time of her husband Charles Pinckney’s death she kept between two and three hundred slaves. She grew up among slaves in Antigua and inherited them from both her father, George Lucas, and late husband.