George Washington Carver (1860-1943)

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George Washington Carver was born in 1860. Born of slave parents in Diamond Grove, Missouri, Carver was rescued from Confederate kidnappers as an infant.
At Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute for Negroes, Carver developed his famous crop rotation method. Nitrate producing legumes like peanuts were planted during alternate years. The peanuts put nutrients back in [...]

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