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Born:
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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"Education"
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) -
Tuskegee Institute
Carver stated to run the school's agricultural department on 1896. It even achieved national renown under carver's leadership. -
Carver's work at Tuskegee
He made experiments that focused on the development of new uses for crops. Inventions were created like plastics,paints, dyes. -
Polio
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" -
Great Depression
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. -
Simple and industrious life.
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. -
His work
George was a person who improved our world. He made useful products like milk, cheese,soap and grease. Made many products fro, sweet potatoes. -
His death:
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. -
Period: to 2017 BCE
College
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.
