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1864
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The Peanut Genius
Tuskegee, Alabama
George Washington Carver was a scientist and inventor who transformed agriculture in the south. Carver devised over 100 products using the peanut crop, including dyes, plastics and gasoline. In his role as a researcher at the Tuskegee institute he devised new methods of crop rotation and the development of alternative cash crops for farmers in areas heavily planted with cotton.
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