Indigo in the Fabric of Early South Carolina

[@Bushmamaafrica]

No mention of the plantations or slaves brought from Africa to plant and process indigo.

[@lesleewhittaker6687]

Great information, but it’s s a shame that the sound quality is compromised.

[@alynneloup7707]

How have you managed to NOT mention West Africa and SLAVES who were growing processing indigo. Most slaves were from West Africa and many knew how to grow and use Indigo. Those “merchants” were slavers. You also left out Louisiana. Evergreen Plantation was 25:47 originally Indigo. In addition indigenous peoples were growing cotton weaving and using Indigo for blue. So much for your “broad and fair” information. So white eurocentric

[@jrthestar5981]

from The Narrative of James Roberts circa 1858: "...such is the effect of the indigo upon the lungs of the laborers [slaves], that they never live over seven years. Every one that runs away is caught, is put in the indigo fields, which are hedged all around, so that they cannot escape again." from Holmes's "Indigo in Colonial Louisiana and Florida": ...there were many problems connected with its manufacture. Romans pointed out the obnoxious odor which caused the indigo "factories" to be located at least a quarter-mile away from human residences. Insects, which were drawn to the stench, increased the possibility of disease. An early Spanish law of 1563 recognized the danger in the processing of indigo by forbidding the employment of Indians in Guatemala and Yucatan indigo plants. In the Natchez District, the indigo process endangered the livestock industry because of its pollution of streams and ponds with the waste of indigo manufacture."

[@jaybrown3341]

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[@richg.9838]

I thought at that time India was Hindustan so how does Indian indigo mean from India ?