The Indigo Girl

In 1739, sixteen-year-old Eliza Lucas' family is in danger of losing their plantations in South Carolina. With the high value of indigo dye, Eliza believes that it is their salvation.

But thwarted at every turn, even by her family, Eliza finds her only allies in an aging horticulturalist, a lawyer, and a slave with whom she strikes a dangerous deal: teach her the intricate, thousand-year-old secret process of making indigo dye, and in return--against the laws of the day--she will teach the s...