Born Into Slavery ...

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George

Carver was born into slavery during the Civil War near

, Missouri on a farm owned by Moses and

Carver. Do you know that a slave is a person who is owned by someone else? Slaves must work for their owner and are not

to do what they want to do. Outlaws stole George and his mother,

, from the Carver farm when George was very young. A man named John Bentley rescued George and returned him to the Carver farm, but his mother was lost and never seen again. The Carvers took George and his brother,

, into their home and raised them. George learned many things while living on the farm. He taught himself to

by watching Mrs. Carver and imitating her hand movements. He also taught himself to

using supplies that he had made out of berries and other natural materials.

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