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Eliza Pinckney (née Elizabeth Lucas; December 28, 1722 – May 27, 1793) transformed agriculture in colonial South Carolina, where she developed indigo as one of its most important cash crops. Its cultivation and processing as dye produced one-third the total value of the colony's exports before the Revolutionary War .
Through exploitation of enslaved workers, Eliza Lucas Pinckney established a plantation empire giving her access to wealth and status. Born in Colonial British Antigua, Eliza Lucas was the eldest daughter of George Lucas, Lieutenant Governor of the island, and Ann Lucas.
Pinckney, Eliza Lucas (1722–1793) South Carolina plantation owner, botanist, and Revolutionary War patriot who introduced commercial-grade indigo as a North American crop. Name variations: Elizabeth or Eliza Lucas. Pronunciation: Pink-knee.
21 mag 2018 · American business pioneer Eliza Pinckney (1722–1793) single-handedly launched the indigo industry in pre-Revolutionary era South Carolina. Determined to make the highly prized tropical crop flourish in the Carolina soil, Pinckney carried out several experimental plantings in the early 1740s. These plantings finally yielded enough ...
Five years and four thousand miles from home, the girl became a young woman: confident but careful, knowledgeable, refined, resilient. Eliza Lucas learned during her London schooldays to take care of herself, in small ways at first. Small things became bigger over time.
- Lorri Glover
15 mar 2022 · Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1722-1793) has been waiting for this biography for a very long time. For the first time since 1896, when a descendant published a hagiographic account of her life, Pinckney now has a scholarly narrative, firmly grounded in the sources: over three thousand documents newly available digitally on the University of ...
During the past several decades, amidst the rush to correct past sins of omission and enrich American history by including the many contributions of women, Eliza Lucas Pinckney's reputation has been burnished to a high sheen.
