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Author:

Feeser, Andrea, author

Title:

Red, white, & black make blue : indigo in the fabric of colonial South Carolina life / Andrea Feeser.

Publisher:

The University of Georgia Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

x, 140 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 23 cm

Subject:

Indigo industry--South Carolina--History--18th century.
Indigo--South Carolina.
South Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Plantation life--South Carolina--History--18th century.
Plantation owners--South Carolina--History--18th century.
Slaves--South Carolina--History--18th century.
African Americans--South Carolina--History--18th century.
South Carolina--History--History--18th century.
Textile fabrics--History--18th century.
Clothing and dress--History--History--18th century.
African Americans.
Clothing and dress--Social aspects.
Indigo.
Indigo industry.
Plantation life.
Plantation owners.
Race relations.
Slaves.
Textile fabrics.
South Carolina.
1600 - 1799
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

0820345539 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780820345536 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0820338176 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780820338170 (hbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)828056000

LCCN:

2013003108

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)