But everyone tells her it’s impossible, and no one will share the secret to making it. Upon hearing how much the French pay for indigo dye, Eliza believes it’s the key to their salvation. Soon her family is in danger of losing everything. Her mother wants nothing more than for their South Carolina endeavor to fail so they can go back to England. Tensions with the British, and with the Spanish in Florida, just a short way down the coast, are rising, and slaves are starting to become restless. Eliza Lucas is sixteen years old when her father leaves her in charge of their family’s three plantations in rural South Carolina and then proceeds to bleed the estates dry in pursuit of his military ambitions. In this incredible story of ambition, betrayal, and sacrifice, an extraordinary sixteen-year-old girl in Colonial South Carolina defies all expectations to achieve her dream.
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