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George Washington Carver
Introduction George Washington Carver was born of slave parents on July 12,1964 in Diamond, Missouri. One day a band of raiders broke in and stole George and his mother. He was sick at birth and frail most of his child hood (childhood, one word) Early Years Days later George and his mother were found by some neighbors unharmed and was soon traded back to his owners. Because of his frailty George was not suitable for work in the field and possessed a great interest in plants and was eager to learn more about them. In the farm there when George first fell in love with plants and mother nature. He made a little garden in the woods and would talk to the plants. Soon he had a nickname The Plant Doctor they called him that because he made herbs and medicine. Going Into Adult Years  He started school when he was twelve in East Missouri because all the other schools denied him because of his race. That is when he moved to East Missouri and started school. In 1890 Carver gained acceptance to Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa. He became very artistic for his talent. They believed in later days his art would be included in the spectacular World's Columbian Exposition Art Exhibit. Adult Life Booker T. Washington, founder of the Tuskegee Institute, convinced Carver to move South and serve as the school's director of agriculture. At Tuskegee, Carver developed a crop rotation method,which alternated nitrate producing legumes-such as peanuts and peas-with cotton, which depletes soil of its nutrients. Carver lead, southern farmers soon began planting peanuts one year and cotton the next. Many of the peanuts were used to feed livestock and large surpluses quickly developed. Carver did not stop with these discoveries. From the inexpensive pecan he developed more than 75 products. From discarded corn stalks dozens of uses and from common clays he created dyes and paints. The Impressions "I think (delete this) - George Washington Carver, is a significant African American because he went through a lot when he was a kid like most African Americans do but what I think that is special about him is that he is a very talented person." He is talented because he's artistic in fact Booker T. Washington convinced Carver to go south to serve as the school's director of agriculture.

Conclusion George Washington Carver is a very respectful African American. He also is very educated and has some talent not only in farming but he is also very artistic and taught agriculture witch most people know he liked it. Carver also had a hard times when he was a kid he was born in the hood, was sick at birth, and was born of slave parents. His house got broken into by a band of raiders they took George and his mother. George didn't have a perfect life but he grew up to have one.

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