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George Washington Carver was born near Diamond, Misouri in 1861, to Moses and Susan Carver. He and his mother were slaves on his father's plantation.
Gorge and his mother were presumably stolen by night riders. Following a long search, George was found and was was traded back for a race horse as ransom.
Upon returning, he had a whopping cough, and therefore could not perform hard labor as the other slaves.
Following the Civil War, while still living on the plantation, he taught himself to read. Carver, then, had a strong drive to seek education. At the age of ten, he left the plantation to attend school in Kansas.
George finished hig school and attempted to enter Highland University. He was refused entry die to his race. Finally, at the age of thirty, he gained entrance to Simpson College in Iowa.
After a year, he was accepted at Iowa State University. In 1896, George Carver was the first black American to graduate from Iowa State University.
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