Apart from being known for his peanut products, George Washington Carver helped to develop agriculture. He was born in 1864 as a slave but only remained a slave for a couple years before being freed by Moses Carver. He grew up a free boy and was taught to read by Moses and Susan Carver, who looked after him. George always looked at small details of nature and loved to tend to his flower patch. Many things impacted George at an early age, including Hermann Jaegar and learning to read, the setting of his life changed from Missouri to Kansas to Iowa to Alabama and developed his sense of culture, which in fact lead him to becoming the first black student at Simpson College and the first african american to get a Bachelor of Science degree in 1894 and ended up getting a masters from Tuskegee Institute and from there, George developed countless products using peanuts. …show more content…
Jaegar taught George about grapes and made his hobby of gardening into a passion for agriculture. When his mind could wander, it tended to think about the Ozark foothills and about Jaegar and his plantation. For example, one time in high school, he was daydreaming while drawing and ended up drawing the Ozark foothills and impressed his teacher so much that she recommended him for the art program. Also, since Susan taught him to read, she gave him a lot of power and urged him to become educated. George took becoming educated to an entire new level and his mentality towards life was positive even though he faced prejudices about his race. His personality was still little george but he was in love with plants and