Extraction
Young Lucas started some sort of a revolution and changed history when she extracted indigo bag in 1742. This was a major development in South Carolinian agriculture. This began the start of farming the dye in the United States, a short five years post this discovery, a shipment of the cherished material made its way across the Atlantic.
Extraction
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Colonization
The American Revolution was still 20 years away and the United States at that point was still a British colony. Indigo was extremely desired in Europe, this export was growing vastly. The business peaked when over 1.2 million pounds of indigo left the US in just one year.
Colonization
