Elizabeth Lucas Pinckney
Indigo became an important cash crop in the American South largely due to the efforts of Eliza Lucas Pinckney in the early 18th century. She successfully cultivated indigo in South Carolina, experimenting with different varieties and farming techniques. Her work helped establish indigo as a significant export, alongside rice and tobacco, contributing to the region's economy. Additionally, the expertise brought by enslaved Africans, who had knowledge of indigo cultivation, played a crucial role in its development.
Indigo was made as an important cash crop, because it was mainly rare to find in many parts of the world. It also became popular because of that, making the royals want it more. (In case you didnt know, is a dye popularly used in robes and clothing of royalty.
it helped them die the cloths they made
Indigo is a plant that dyes fabric blue. Eliza Lucas Pinckney developed indigo as an important cash crop for South Carolina starting in 1739.
Indigo
tobacco
indigo, rice, and corn were all important crops in the southern colonies -answersbya13yearold!
I'm not sure if it still does, but indigo used to be valuable for It's pigment. Often used to make paint.
Crop rotation was important to farmers because it helped them out by making it easier to crop in the winter from different land in another state.
indigo or corn
Indigo, cotton, rice and tobacco but cotton was the King.
It was replaced by Cotton.