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George Washington Carver was born into slavery in Missouri in 1864. (Exact date are unknown). He was born during the civil wars years. After he was born a week later was sold in kentucky, and later on He was returned to Missouri.
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Their Owner ( Moses Carver) taught George and his brother how to write and read after slavery ended. George was so encourage to learn that he travel to a school for black children 10 miles away. (http://www.biography.com/people/george-washington-carver-9240299)
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Carver stated to run the school's agricultural department on 1896. It even achieved national renown under carver's leadership.
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He made experiments that focused on the development of new uses for crops. Inventions were created like plastics,paints, dyes.
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In 1930, he made a treatment of peanut-oil massage to help people relief pain, the effects of polio. It was name "carver's cure"
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In the great depression , George was able to show farmers how to maximize plant production and improve the soil at very little cost. The great depression was a time period that was going through a greta economic decline.
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George was an artist and musician who never got married. Who lived for a long time in the Tuskegee institute.Became friends with rich and famous people.
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George was a person who improved our world. He made useful products like milk, cheese,soap and grease. Made many products fro, sweet potatoes.
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He died on January 5, 1943. He was buried on the campus near the grave of Booker T. Washington. After his death they made a George Washington Carver national Monument in Diamond.
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In 1890, he began to study art and music at Simpson College in Iowa. He then moved to Ames and began his botanical studies as the first black student at Iowa State.
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