The Letterbook of Eliza Lucas Pinckney, 1739-1762 |
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| Author:
| Pinckney, Eliza Lucas |
| Volume Editor:
| Pinckney, Elise |
| Series title: | Women's Diaries and Letters of the Nineteenth-Century South Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-57003-186-1 |
| Publication Date: | May 1997 |
| Publisher: | University of South Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $21.00USD $21.99 |
Book Description:
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Eliza Lucas Pinckney was one of the most distinguished women of colonial America, pioneering the large-scale cultivation of indigo in South Carolina. Her letters reveal an eventful life with myriad interests, changing politics, innovative ideas about slavery, and an unusually happy marriage.
Eliza Lucas Pinckney was one of the most distinguished women of colonial America, pioneering the large-scale cultivation of indigo in South Carolina. Her letters reveal an eventful life with myriad interests, changing politics, innovative ideas about slavery, and an unusually happy marriage.