- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Indigo
- Creator:
- Bitler, James
- Date of Original:
- 2008-01-04
- Subject:
- Indigofera--Georgia
Indigo--Georgia
Plants--Georgia
Cash crops--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about indigo. Humans have held the color blue, often symbolizing power, authority, and even the divine, in high regard for thousands of years. When England began colonizing the New World in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it became evident that the success of a colony depended on its ability to produce a valuable and marketable export commodity. Planters in the colony of Georgia profited greatly when they were able to supplement their booming rice and timber exports with indigo, the highly prized source of blue dye.
GSE identifier: SS8E2, SS8H2 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/indigo/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Sandhills," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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