(1723–1793) Eliza Lucas Pinckney was a daughter of a plantation owner who is best known for her experiments with creating blue die from indigo plants, which led to indigo becoming one of the colony’s most important cash crops.

• Pinckney, Eliza Lucas
• National Women’s History Museum Biography
• South Carolina State Museum Biography

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• Biography In Context
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