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Red, White, and Black Make Blue : Indigo in the Fabric of Colonial South Carolina Life /
Like cotton, indigo has defied its humble origins. Left alone it might have been a regional plant with minimal reach, a localized way of dyeing textiles, paper, and other goods with a bit of blue. But when blue became the most popular color for the textiles that Britain turned out in large quantitie...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2013
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.