Curated OER
National Park Service: Teaching With Historic Places: Plantation Agriculture
This resource lets you explore the workings of southern plantations.
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: History and Archaeology: Indigo
Discussion of how production of the blue dye, indigo, helped boost the economy of Georgia and South Carolina in the seventeenth and eighteenth century until the Revolutionary War when England stopped buying it and production collapsed.
Duke University
Plantation America: The Work of Slaves
On this webpage, the primary text contains selected entries from letters and journals. It also describes slaves delivering rice to Savannah, slave numbers, their condition on a plantation, how slaves were used, and a map and a drawing of...
Danuta Bois
Distinguished Women of Past and Present: Eliza Lucas Pinckney
This site contains a short biography detailing the life of Eliza Pinckney.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Indigo
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Indigo" by Alice Hoffman. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.