Eliza Lucas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eliza Lucas

Developed indigo as a cash crop in in colonial South Carolina.

Date of Birth: 28-Dec-1722

Place of Birth: British Leeward Islands, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1793

Profession: scientist, inventor

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Elizabeth Lucas Pinckney (nickname, "Eliza"; December 28, 1722 – May 26, 1793) changed agriculture in colonial South Carolina, where she developed indigo as one of its most important cash crops.
Its cultivation and processing as dye produced one-third the total value of the colony's exports before the Revolutionary War.
Manager of three plantations, Mrs.
Pinckney had a major influence on the colonial economy. In the 20th century, Eliza Pinckney was the first woman to be inducted into South Carolina's Business Hall of Fame.