"Black History Facts" George Washington Carver

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George Washington Carver

 1864–1943


Former  slave... who became a college graduate and great agricultural chemist as a free man.

Washington Carver is best know for discovering over hundreds of uses of the peanut, sweet potatoes and 

soybeans. One of his most popular inventions that is still used to this day is peanut butter. He later went on 

to work  at the Tuskegee Institute as director of the department of agricultural research. He dedicated the 

rest of his life to teaching and improving the South's economy especially for African Americans.  


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