Eliza Lucas Pickney

South Carolina Women: Eliza Lucas Pickney

I think Eliza Lucas brood was a girl very strong. She had to run three farms, while his father was away! If you think about it, it must have been really hard for her. Imagine: Your mother is really sick and you need to take care of it, but not only that, you should take care of your brothers and sisters too. I do not think I could do that! It's amazing what people can do, but that's why I think it was very strong. Her story helped me understand the story much better because SC Indigo. He taught me everything about plants and how it became the culture No. 2 spot in just four years!  She perfected the plant and learned how to get blue dye out of it.  Now of course it took a couple tries.  The first few attempts failed, but she finally got the hang of it and spread the word to her friends and neighbors.  She taught other people how to get the blue dye, but I'm wondering WHY?  I mean, would you sacrifice lots of money, just to teach other people?  I don't know if I would or not.  That would be a TON of money!  But she wasn't won over with greed, so she taught others which in turn actually did help her.     Later on she got married to Charles Pickney(Were they related?) and had children who later signed the Constitution.  She soon died after losing everything she had and I learned that George Washington wanted to be her pall bearer.  I also researched and saw that her headstone is in St. Peter's Churchyard in Philadelphia.  How cool is that?

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