George Washington Carver was born a slave.
He was sickly as a child, so he couldn’t do hard work.
He loved to study plants.
He became a teacher and taught at the Tuskegee Institute for more than 40 years.
He showed black farmers how to make better use of their land by growing peanuts instead of cotton.
In his laboratory he invented new uses for the crops of peanuts and sweet potatoes.
George Washington Carver National Monument
List of By-Products From Peanuts By George
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