Song to the tune of “America the Beautiful,” written by Iviva Olenick about the Pinckney family South Carolina plantations, indigo as a cash crop and heralded feminist, Eliza Lucas Pinckney.
“Oh beautiful, my plantations
my fields of indigo.
The seeds that failed now flourish here
success is sure to grow.
America, America, Father’s dreams are coming true
a cash crop fueled by slave labor
keep Europe dyed in blue.”
