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Author:

Boyd, Natasha, author.

Title:

The indigo girl : a novel / Natasha Boyd.

Edition:

First paperback edition.

Publisher:

Blackstone Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

358 pages : illustration ; 22 cm

Subject:

Pinckney, Eliza Lucas,--1723-1793--Fiction.
Indigo--South Carolina--Fiction.
Slaves--Education--South Carolina--Fiction.
South Carolina--Fiction.
South Carolina--Fiction.
FICTION--Historical.
Pinckney, Eliza Lucas,--1723-1793.
Indigo.
Slaves--Education.
South Carolina.
Novels.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and discussion questions. "The story ... was based on true events and historical documents"--Page 335, A note from the author

Summary:

The story of Eliza Lucas Pinckney, who ran her father's plantation outside Charleston, South Carolina in the 1700s and struck a bargain with the plantation's slaves--teach her how to make indigo and she would teach them to read.

ISBN:

1538552922
9781538552926

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1090743964

Locations:

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TZPC572 -- Center Point Public Library (Center Point)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

EKPC715 -- Hartley Public Library (Hartley)

EYPC755 -- Kingsley Public Library (Kingsley)