"The longer time we are awake, the longer we live . . . thus then I have the advantage of the sleepers in point of long life."

Eliza's family owned 3 South Carolina plantations of various sizes. They lived on the estate closest to Charleston, on Wappoo Creek.

Doug Kerr | CC BY-SA

Eliza pioneered the indigo industry in America, but it is a traditional dye that has been used for centuries around the world ~ including by the H'mong in Vietnam.

Rory McLeod | CC BY 2.0 |