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8 Cards in this Set
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Slave
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George was born a slave
His mom was stolen Was raised by Mr Carver the slave owner |
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Thrifty
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He was raised to be thrifty
Made everything and didn't waste anything Made own clothes, paints, belts, soaps |
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Taught himself
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wasnt allowed to go to school because he was black
Taught him self how to read Experimented with plant |
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Left home
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Left home at 12 to go to school for black children
Paid for it himself by doing chores for people |
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Different school
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Went to many different schools trying to learn as much as he could
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Peanut crops
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He taught poor people to grow peanut crops. The people was angry because they couldn't sell as much as the grew
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300 things
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George created 300 things out of peanuts and the shell: peanut butter, butter, oil, margarine, shoe polish, ink, paper, bricks
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Synthetics
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Invented the process of synthesis when he figured out that other things can be made out of the shell and nuts
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