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Chapel Hill is building a dormitory named after famous alumnus James Polk. Polk, United State President and Mecklenburg County native, attended Chapel Hill in the 1810s. Polk's school roommate was William D. Moseley, later Governor of Florida. As president, Polk returned to the university in 1847 and he visited with high ranking staff members.
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Indigo was the second highest grossing crop in the colonial Carolinas. Found in India, this crop was transported to the colonies by the English in the mid-18th-century. The plant prospered after Eliza Lucas, the daughter of wealthy Antiguan plantation owner, planted the crop in Charleston, South Carolina and then Wilmington, North Carolina. The high demand for Indigo in Europe was such that the product was shipped with cotton and rice en masse every year and garnered vast wealth for the local elite planters.
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First planted in 1741-1742 by Eliza Lucas, indigo, a plant known for its blue colored dye, represented the second largest money returning crop in the colonial Carolinas. Shipped to England with cotton and rice, indigo quickly became a valuable commercial commodity, exceeding one million pounds annually in value.
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