Kids Library Home

Welcome to the Kids' Library!

Search for books, movies, music, magazines, and more.

     
Available items only
E-Book/E-Doc
Author Feeser, Andrea.

Title Red, white, & black make blue : indigo in the fabric of Colonial South Carolina life / Andrea Feeser.

Publication Info. Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia Press, [2013]
2013

Copies

Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource (161 pages) : maps
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Why 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.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Indigo industry -- South Carolina -- History -- 18th century.
Indigo -- South Carolina.
Plantation life -- South Carolina -- History -- 18th century.
Plantation owners -- South Carolina -- History -- 18th century.
Slaves -- South Carolina -- History -- 18th century.
African Americans -- South Carolina -- History -- 18th century.
Textile fabrics -- History -- 18th century.
Clothing and dress -- Social aspects -- History -- 18th century.
South Carolina -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
South Carolina -- Race relations -- History -- 18th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Title Red, white, and black make blue
Other Form: Print version: Feeser, Andrea. Red, white, & black make blue : indigo in the fabric of Colonial South Carolina life. Athens, Georgia : The University of Georgia Press, [2013] x, 140 pages 9780820338170 (DLC) 2013003108
ISBN 9780820338170 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0820338176 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780820345536 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0820345539 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780820346564 (electronic bk.)

 
    
Available items only