Eliza Lucas Pinckney, 18th Century Entrepreneur - Dr. Lorri Glover
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Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by Dr. Lorri Glover, an expert on a little-known woman entrepreneur of the eighteenth century. She had “schemes,” negotiated with men, made a fortune, and still fulfilled the era’s ideal of a mother and a woman. Why don’t we know more about her?
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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Intro
1:22 - Who was Eliza Lucas Pinckney
3:25 - Eliza's Upbringing and Sense of Self
5:56 - Absentee Landholders
6:57 - How Lorri Found Eliza and the Primary Sources She Used
11:42 - The Importance of Digital Humanities
14:17 - Eliza Developing Schemes
19:17 - The Dangers of Sugar Production And Eliza's View on Slavery
24:52 - Taking Over the Plantations
28:47 - Was Eliza a Typical Woman
32:52 - Indigo and Eliza’s Entrepreneurial Spirit
40:09 - Eliza's Marriage and Loss
45:18 - Eliza's Connection to London and Becoming a Patriot
48:22 - A Model of the Plantar Patriarch
52:01 - Favorite Eliza Story
54:36 - Eliza as a Religious Woman
57:55 - Who is Daniel Park
1:05:22 - Exploring Eliza’s Legacy: Historical Sites in South Carolina
EPISODE LINKS:
Lorri Glover, PhD - https://www.slu.edu/arts-and-sciences/history/faculty/glover-lorri.php
Eliza Lucas Pinckney: An Independent Woman in the Age of Revolution - https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300236118/eliza-lucas-pinckney/
Eliza Lucas Pinckney, Letters & Memoranda, 1740-1762 - https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/becomingamer/peoples/text5/elizapinckney.pdf
Antigua - https://www.britannica.com/summary/Antigua-and-Barbuda
George Washington's Barbados Diary, 1751-52 - https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/5139/
All Our Relations: Blood Ties and Emotional Bonds Among the Early South Carolina Gentry - https://academic.oup.com/jah/article-abstract/89/1/207/689079
The Letterbook of Eliza Lucas Pinckney, 1739-1762 - https://uscpress.com/The-Letterbook-of-Eliza-Lucas-Pinckney-1739-1762
The Papers of Eliza Lucas Pinckney and Harriott Pinckney Horry - https://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/PinckneyHorry/
The Papers of the Revolutionary Era Pinckney Statesmen - https://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/founders/PNKY.html
“Conservation Complete for the Eliza Lucas Pinckney Gown” – https://www.charlestonmuseum.org/news-events/conservation-complete-for-the-eliza-lucas-pinckney-gown/
The Charleston Museum - https://www.charlestonmuseum.org
Stono Rebellion - https://www.britannica.com/topic/insurrection-politics
The Great Awakening - https://www.britannica.com/event/Great-Awakening
Indigo in South Carolina - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/indigo-making-comeback-south-carolina-180980987/
Charles Pinckney - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Pinckney
Daniel Parke - https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/parke-daniel-1669-1710/
John Custis IV gravestone - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30234605/john-custis
Hampton Plantation - https://south-carolina-plantations.com/charleston/hampton.html
Rainbow Row, Charleston, S.C. - https://charleston.com/charleston-insider/lowcountry-lifestyles/the-captivating-history-of-rainbow-row
Thomas Pinckney Home - https://charleston.com/charleston-insider/diary-of-a-charleston-tour-guide/114-broad-street-colonel-thomas-pinckney-house
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