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Eliza Pinckney

Plantation manager in her father's absence and after her husband's death, Eliza Pinckney also developed an indigo blue dye that was important to the economic development of colonial South Carolina. Eliza Pinckney also worked with hemp, flax and silk, and her sons were key Revolutionary War figures. George Washington was one of her pallbearers.
Eliza Lucas Pinckney
Biography of Eliza Lucas Pinckney with a short bibliography, written by Danuta Bois.
Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1722-1793)
A biography of Eliza Pinckney, from the South Carolina Business Hall of Fame.
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