In an effort to diversify agriculture in his home colony, James Crokatt led a 1748 campaign to offer bounties on this crop for British purchasers. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this crop that was first widely cultivated in the American colonies after Colonel George Lucas sent seeds of this crop from Antigua to his daughter.
ANSWER: indigo [or indigofera; accept indigo dye]
[10m] Indigo was cultivated on a plantation run by a woman who married into this family named Eliza Lucas. In 1804 and 1808, the Federalist party nominated a member of this family named Charles Cotesworth.
ANSWER: Pinckney family [accept Charles Cotesworth Pinckney; accept Elizabeth Lucas Pinckney]
[10e] Eliza Lucas cultivated indigo in this colony, where the Pinckney family resided. Rice and cotton were exported from this colony’s capital of Charleston.
ANSWER: South Carolina [or the Province of South Carolina; or SC; accept the Clarendon Province]
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