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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Frederick Douglass (1818-1895)
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Frederick Douglass was born a slave. He Escaped from slavery at the age of 21. He became a great speaker and abolitionist. In his speeches, he described the horrors of slavery. He founded his own newspaper, "The North Star". During the Civil War, Douglass recruited blacks for the union army, and from 1889 to 1891 [...]
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Elijah McCoy (1843-1929)
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Elijah McCoy was born May 2, 1844 in Colchester, Ontario. His parents, George and Emillia, were former slaves who escaped from Kentucky via the Underground Railroad. His first invention, a lubricating cup was used in steam cylinders of the trains and other machinery. Some of Elijah’s other inventions were the ironing board and the lawn [...]
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