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A Day in the Life of aColonial Indigo Planter |
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ISBN: 0-8239-6229-6 By Laurie Krebs - PowerKids Press The Rosen Group, New York, NY (August 2003) Book Description: Eliza Lucas Pinkney, a plantation owner from Charleston, South Carolina, developed the indigo trade in Colonial America. On a July morning in 1745, she is going to oversee the production of the rich, blue dye. |
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| Eliza shared her seeds with other plantation owners. In those days, slaves were used to plant and tend the indigo plants. | |||||||||||||
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| When the indigo plants were in bloom, they were cut and put in large tubs to soak. There they fermented until it was time to drain the liquid and complete the process. | |||||||||||||
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| Eliza Lucas Pinkney was a woman of many talents. Here is a dress made from silk spun by the silkworms she cultivated on her farm. | |||||||||||||
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