Which region benefited directly when eliza lucas pinckney developed the cultivation of indigo?

Eliza Lucas Pinckney’s life embodies many significant world historical trends developing in part in the British American colonies in the early 18th century. The story of her family is an example of the myriad of transferences, both cultural and material, which readily occurred between Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and the North American colonies at this time. Examining Pinckney’s life puts women at the center of the world economy as producers as well as consumers, and places the Southern colonies of British North America within world historical trade systems.