Sentences with 'indigo'
Example sentences and phrases with the word indigo and other words derived from it.
• « What changed, however, was that Europeans were for the first time able to access directly the sources of luxury goods such as spices, indigo, ivory and gold, and Portugal was at the forefront of European states trying to reach these sources. »
• « In the south, however, labour-intensive crops such as tobacco, rice and indigo were prevalent, and over time the supply of indentured servants was insufficient to meet demand. »
• « The southern part of Carolina had been producing rice and indigo (a plant that produces a dark blue dye used by English royalty) since the 1700s, and South Carolina remained dependent on these major crops. »
• « The ordinance also listed "enumerated articles" that could only be carried to England or the English colonies, including the most lucrative goods such as sugar and tobacco, as well as indigo, rice, molasses and naval stores such as turpentine. »