The Indigo Girl
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"The story ... was based on true events and historical documents"--Page 335, A note from the author.
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.
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PUBLISHED
Ashland, OR : Blackstone Publishing, 2017.
Year Published: 2017
Description: 342 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1455137111
9781455137114
SUBJECTS
Pinckney, Eliza Lucas, -- 1723-1793 -- Fiction.
Indigo -- South Carolina -- Fiction.
Enslaved people -- Education -- South Carolina -- Fiction.
South Carolina -- Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.