One of the most influential inventors of the 1900’s was George Washington Carver. Carver, a botanist, was known for his many inventions, especially those that related to peanuts and sweet potatoes. During his life, Carver created over 400 products using these ingredients. Carver’s many inventions changed the field of botany and the lives of many Americans. In the middle of the bloodiest war that America has ever seen, George Washington Carver was born in Diamond, Missouri to a widowed mother. Unfortunately for George, he was “kidnapped along with his sister and mother” from the Carver family farm only a week after his birth (Biography.com editors). After being resold by his captors, Carver was eventually returned to his original master, Moses One thing that Carver wanted to break was the race barrier in the botany community. Many African-American botanist had become accommodated “to the reality of white control” in most scientific fields (American Chemical Society National Historic Chemical Landmarks). However, for Carver this a so-called reality he would not accept. In fact, Carver took it upon himself to raise “the economic status of former slaves” all over the country (American Chemical Society National Historic Chemical Landmarks). Carver’s unselfishness allowed for many future African-American scientists prevail in an occupation that they previously would not have been able Many historians have often noted how Carver “made (a) significant impact on how humans” used many of earth’s gifts (Anderson). Most of Carver’s findings were groundbreaking due to the fact that not only did they help many people, but that his inventions and products had innovative ways of using common plants. Before Carver it was almost unheard of to use plants such as peanuts or soybeans for multiple new inventions nonetheless over “300 commercial applications”(Anderson). Without this innovative use of commonly unused plants by Carver many of today’s botanist would not think to push the boundaries in what they use to
One person’s ideas won’t change the world but it can make a significant impact. George Washington Carver overcame slavery but his ideas about crops and peanuts clearly improved life for many people. George Washington Carver is best known for his agricultural experimentation especially on the uses of the peanut but his life and research led to a better life for many. His legacy is that regardless of your race you can achieve great things if you preserve.
Quarles informative historical writing gives the reader a deeper understanding of African contributions to the U.S. and presents his argument in an objective manner. By and large, this novel was without a doubt a subject deserving of study. Quarles novel deeply relates to my selected topic of slavery impact among southern U.S states because he briefly emphasizes the contributions in which African slave’s affected southern U.S. soil, such as rice plantations in South Carolina. Quarles introduces the noteworthy product delivered in provincial South Carolina was rice. The creation of this product required its specialists to have learning of the area and rice development, too an adequate work power ready to look after it. Because of the oversight of this harvest in their European society, English pioneers who settled the rich North American area did not have the mastery required for the generation of
He was one of the leading scientists of his day in America. He tried new ways of planting crops and raising animals, (Greene 37). He was one of the first farmers to grow tomatoes in the United States, (Greene 25).
Born in Savannah, Georgia, the colonial capital of the colony, John Milledge was born into one of the first families to travel to the “New World” in 1757. Milledge served numerous different higher level political leadership positions as well as fighting for independence in the Revolutionary War. Throughout acts of bravery, perseverance, and patriotism, John Milledge became one of the most influential men in the history of the state of Georgia.
George Washington Carver was a famous scientist. Carver did some work with agriculture. George discovered and did experiments with different plants used in farming. Carver helped make different pesticides to fight against insects that ate farmers crops. George Carver developed new ways that are still used today in farming today. Carver also found uses for different things like peanuts and other plants. He also was awarded many medals and honors during his life time.
Since the beginning of slavery in the America, Africans have been deemed inferior to the whites whom exploited the Atlantic slave trade. Africans were exported and shipped in droves to the Americas for the sole purpose of enriching the lives of other races with slave labor. These Africans were sold like livestock and forced into a life of servitude once they became the “property” of others. As the United States expanded westward, the desire to cultivate new land increased the need for more slaves. The treatment of slaves was dependent upon the region because different crops required differing needs for cultivation. Slaves in the Cotton South, concluded traveler Frederick Law Olmsted, worked “much harder and more unremittingly” than those in the tobacco regions.1 Since the birth of America and throughout its expansion, African Americans have been fighting an uphill battle to achieve freedom and some semblance of equality. While African Americans were confronted with their inferior status during the domestic slave trade, when performing their tasks, and even after they were set free, they still made great strides in their quest for equality during the nineteenth century.
George Washington Carver was a famous American botanist and inventor. The date of his birth is unknown, but he was born into slavery in Diamond, Missouri. He died on January 5th, 1943 in Tuskegee, Alabama. He went to Iowa State University through 1994-1996. Having an art teacher see his talent for painting flowers and plants inspired him to study botany at Iowa State Agricultural College. There he earned a bachelor’s degree in agricultural science in 1894 and a Master of Science degree in 1896. Carver was the first African American student to graduate and was appointed to the Iowa state faculty as an assistant botanist for the Experiment Station in 1896. Carver worked out over 100 products using one major crop which was the peanut including
"For the first time since the plantation days artists began to touch new material, to understand new tools and to accept eagerly the challenge of Black poetry, Black song and Black scholarship."1
For in an extraordinary career spanning three crucial decades, the man and the history became one, so much so that it is impossible to deal with the history of black people without touching, at some point, the personal history of Carter Woodson, who taught the teachers, transformed the vision of the masses and became, almost despite himself, an institution, a cause and a month. One could go further and say that the scientific study of black history began with Woodson, who almost single-handedly created the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History and the prestigious Journal of Negro History. Not content with these achievements, he ventured into the field of mass education, creating the annual black history celebrations.
George Washington Carver was born into slavery in January of 1860 on the Moses Carver plantation in Diamond Grove, Missouri. He spent the first year of his life, in the brutal days of border war, between Missouri and neighboring Kansas. George was a very sickly child with a whooping cough, which later led to his speech impediment, and he was tiny and puny. George's father, James Carver, died in a wood hauling accident when he was bringing wood to his master's house one day. George was sick a great deal during his early years.
Every child has had something that influenced them to become more in life. It could have been a toy car to a doll, a family member or a friend; it made them want to find a higher calling in the world. For Garrett Morgan, it was the sewing machine. Introduced to the sewing machine at a young age, Garrett continued to become more curious about the works of such a compelling contraption. He observed different problems surrounding his community and found a way to make it better. Although he had lacked education and was born a black man in the years of racial oppression, it did not stop him from overcoming the restrictions and hardships that he was born to; therefore becoming one of the greatest known inventors in the world.
Meadows, H, Donella.. "Our food, our future." Organic Gardening. 01 Sep. 2000: 53. eLibrary. Web. 25 Feb. 2014.
Before the land of what we no class Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, and other countries in the middle east grains, such as wheat and wild barley, could be seen growing in the wild without human hand to cultivate and nurture it (Authors 2007). Over time, humans began to recognize the benefit of the plants and began the first signs of human agriculture. The skill of farming took time and trial and error, but along the way, humans began to settle down to tend to their crops. Though the first crops were nothing more than seed s thrown about without rhyme or reason to the process we know today such as fields having, rows and sorting out the seeds to create a higher yield each harvest (Authors 2007). Because of the trial and error process, agriculture of plants did not take place of a short period but took many, many years to evolve to what we know today as agriculture; the new fa...
The story of maize domestication is not only an interesting topic to us today, but an impressive realization on how hard it was for people living thousands of years ago to find food for themselves. The people living in modern day Mexico eight thousand, seven hundred years ago found a crop that was not much more than a stick with small pods that could be pried off for a small reward of nutrients. However, with that plant they created one of the most useful foods today because of thousands of years of artificial breeding and domestication. Maize is an extremely useful crop that is easy to grow, and gives giant harvests thanks to the experimentation and instinct of our ancestors, and the act of artificial selection over the passage of time.
Thomas (Alva) Edison was one of America’s most important and famous inventors. Edison was born into a time and place where there wasn’t much technological advancements. His inventions helped a lot of things quickly change in the world. His inventions contributed to many inventions today such as the night light, movies, telephones, and records and CDs.