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Boyd, Natasha,

The indigo girl a novel / - First edition. - 342 pages : illustration ; 24 cm

"The story ... was based on true events and historical documents"--Page 335, A note from the author.

Includes bibliographical references and discussion questions.

The story of Eliza Lucas Pinckney, who ran her father's plantation outside Charleston, South Carolina in the 1700s and struck a bargain with the plantation's slaves--teach her how to make indigo and she would teach them to read.

ISBN: 1455137111 9781455137114

Subjects--Personal Names:
Pinckney, Eliza Lucas, 1723-1793 --Fiction.
Pinckney, Eliza Lucas, 1723-1793.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Indigo--South Carolina--Fiction.
Slaves--Education--South Carolina--Fiction.
Indigo--South Carolina--Fiction.
Slaves--Education--South Carolina--Fiction.
Women plantation owners--Fiction.
Women--South Carolina--Fiction.
Indigo.
Slaves--Education.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
South Carolina--Fiction.
South Carolina--Fiction.
South Carolina.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.

LC Class. No.: PS3602.O93258 / I54 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 813.6