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George Washington Carver was born in 1864 in Diamond, Missouri. He was born into slavery. No exact date of his birth.
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George Washington Carver was kidnapped and sold in Kentucky. He was found by agent Moses Carver and returned to Missouri.
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The Civil War ended in 1865 and Moses Carver and his wife Susan decided to keep George and his brother.
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He could not go to school because he was black. Susan Carver taught him to read and write. He liked to learn. He finally went to high school in Minneapolis, Kansas, He got a diploma from Minneapolis High School. He was accepted to college at Highland College in Kansas. When they figured out he was black he could not attend.
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He went to Simpson colege in iowa state.He studied Art and Music.
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After reciving his bachelor and master degree from Iowa state, Booker T. Washington hired him to run the agricultural department at the Tuskegee institute in Alabama.
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He developed new crops for the south like soybeans,sweet potatoes, and peanuts. He developed the Jesup Wagon a traveling class room to teach farmers about the new crops. He invented things from the new crops like paint,dies,plastics,and gasoline.
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He testified infront of congress and asked them to put a tax on imported peanuts.
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Congress put a tax on imported peanuts.
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George Washington Carver died.
