LEADER 05142nam 2200769 450 001 9910790686103321 005 20230328235014.0 010 $a0-8203-4553-9 010 $a0-8203-4656-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000001126092 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001001306 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11540205 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001001306 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10967033 035 $a(PQKB)10204940 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1441672 035 $a(OCoLC)859536854 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse32051 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1441672 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10775352 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL526732 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001126092 100 $a20130128d2013 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRed, white, & black make blue $eindigo in the fabric of colonial South Carolina life /$fAndrea Feeser 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aAthens, Georgia :$cUniversity of Georgia Press,$d[2013] 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (161 pages) $cmaps 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8203-3817-6 311 $a1-299-95481-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aWhy 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. 330 $aLike cotton, indigo has defied its humble origins. Left alone it might have been a regional plant with minimal reach, a localized way of dyeing textiles, paper, and other goods with a bit of blue. But when blue became the most popular color for the textiles that Britain turned out in large quantities in the eighteenth century, the South Carolina indigo that colored most of this cloth became a major component in transatlantic commodity chains. In Red, White, and Black Make Blue, Andrea Feeser tells the stories of all the peoples who made indigo a key part of the colonial South Carolina experience as she explores indigo's relationships to land use, slave labor, textile production and use, sartorial expression, and fortune building. In the eighteenth century, indigo played a central role in the development of South Carolina. The popularity of the color blue among the upper and lower classes ensured a high demand for indigo, and the climate in the region proved sound for its cultivation. Cheap labor by slaves--both black and Native American--made commoditization of indigo possible. And due to land grabs by colonists from the enslaved or expelled indigenous peoples, the expansion into the backcountry made plenty of land available on which to cultivate the crop. Feeser recounts specific histories--uncovered for the first time during her research--of how the Native Americans and African slaves made the success of indigo in South Carolina possible. She also emphasizes the material culture around particular objects, including maps, prints, paintings, and clothing. Red, White, and Black Make Blue is a fraught and compelling history of both exploitation and empowerment, revealing the legacy of a modest plant with an outsized impact. 517 3 $aRed, white, and black make blue 606 $aIndigo industry$zSouth Carolina$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aIndigo$zSouth Carolina 606 $aPlantation life$zSouth Carolina$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aPlantation owners$zSouth Carolina$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aEnslaved persons$zSouth Carolina$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aAfrican Americans$zSouth Carolina$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aTextile fabrics$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aClothing and dress$xSocial aspects$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aSouth Carolina$xHistory$yColonial period, ca. 1600-1775 607 $aSouth Carolina$xRace relations$xHistory$y18th century 615 0$aIndigo industry$xHistory 615 0$aIndigo 615 0$aPlantation life$xHistory 615 0$aPlantation owners$xHistory 615 0$aEnslaved persons$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xHistory 615 0$aTextile fabrics$xHistory 615 0$aClothing and dress$xSocial aspects$xHistory 676 $a667/.26 700 $aFeeser$b Andrea$01473004 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790686103321 996 $aRed, white, & black make blue$93686035 997 $aUNINA