Letterbook of Eliza Lucas Pinckney, 1739-1762 - Hardcover

Pinckney, Eliza Lucas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807811823 ISBN 13: 9780807811825

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 1972

Synopsis

Eliza Lucas Pinckney was one of the most distinguished women of colonial America, pioneering the large-scale cultivation of indigo in South Carolina. Her letters reveal an eventful life with myriad interests, changing politics, innovative ideas about slavery, and an unusually happy marriage.

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From the Back Cover:

One of the most distinguished women of colonial America, Eliza Lucas Pinckney pioneered large-scale cultivation of indigo in South Carolina, managed her father's extensive plantation holdings, and raised two sons - Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and Thomas Pinckney - who would become celebrated patriots of the new nation. Pinckney's lively letters reveal intriguing details about an eventful life, including her myriad interests, changing politics, innovative ideas about slave education, voracious reading habits, unusually happy marriage, and devotion to her children.

About this edition

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 1972
• ISBN 10: 0807811823
• ISBN 13: 9780807811825
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 228
• Editor: Pinckney Elise