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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Feeser, Andrea (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2013
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Clothing and dress > Social aspects > History > 18th century.
Textile fabrics > History > 18th century.
African Americans > South Carolina > History > 18th century.
Slaves > South Carolina > History > 18th century.
Plantation owners > South Carolina > History > 18th century.
Plantation life > South Carolina > History > 18th century.
Indigo > South Carolina.
Indigo industry > South Carolina > History > 18th century.
South Carolina > Race relations > History > 18th century.
South Carolina > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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.

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