The Jewish merchant Moses Lindo served as a "Surveyor and Inspector General" for the quality of this commodity, and the first Jew killed in the American Revolution, Francis Salvador, was a producer of this good.
The Jewish merchant Moses Lindo served as a "Surveyor and Inspector General" for the quality of this commodity, and the first Jew killed in the American Revolution, Francis Salvador, was a producer of this good. After being hired to help produce this commodity, Nicholas Cromwell decided to protect Montserrat's trade interests by ruining large quantities of it with lime. Exportation of this good was encouraged with a sixpence bounty instituted by Parliament. At Wappoo Creek plantation, (*) Eliza Lucas Pinckney became the first to produce this good profitably. This commodity was created by fermenting branches in vats, which created a foul-smelling mud that was then dried in bricks. Along with rice, this good was a cash crop of colonial Carolina. For 10 points, name this popular dark blue dye.
The Jewish merchant Moses Lindo served as a "Surveyor and Inspector General" for the quality of this commodity, and the first Jew killed in the American Revolution, Francis Salvador, was a producer of this good.
indigo [or indigofera tinctoria]