How the contributions of enslaved Africans led to the boom of the blue dye market in South Carolina

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How the contributions of enslaved Africans led to the boom of the blue dye market in South Carolina

Historians credit the use of indigo in textile production to West Africans before the arrival of the Europeans in the 15thcentury. The indigo plant is the source of the blue dye which fueled the economic wealth of South Carolina. The success of the blue dye to the economy of South Carolina would be incomplete without the...

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