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Captive Passage: The Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Making of the Americas

Captive Passage
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Indigoterie (Indigo)
Indigo, a plant that produces a blue dye, became an important cash crop in the lower Carolina coastal region during the 18th century. The high price it brought compensated for the foul-smelling, vermin-attracting fermentation process required to produce it. By 1775, South Carolina was exporting almost 1.2 million pounds of indigo to England annually. From Chambon, La Commerce de l'Amérique par Marseille, 1764
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Indigoterie

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