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Though Eliza Pinckney supposedly treated the slaves working on her plantations "humanely," she profited directly from their labor and never considered freeing them, nor is there evidence that she had any qualms about the concept of slavery.
Bibliography: Drachman, Virginia G. Enterprising Women: 250 Years of American Business. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2002. Print.
Roberts, Cokie. Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation. New York: HarperCollins, 2004. Print.
Roberts, Cokie. Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation. New York: HarperCollins, 2004. Print.
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