George Washington Carver

George Washington Carver

  

George was born in 1864, in January. He was a slave and had two brothers and a sister. Him, his sister, and his mother were kidnapped. Only George was found and was rescued by an agent of his master, Moses Carver. Moses decided to keep George because his family was gone. George had to be home-schooled because black people were not able to go to school. He had left his home to go to a black school that was 10 miles away. He started experimenting when he was 21. He was experimenting on crops such as potatoes, peanuts,and pecans. He made over 300 things with peanuts. He made paints,dyes,and plastics. He was called the peanut man. He died January 5,1943 in Alabama at the age of 78.