George Washington Carver is one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century who still has an influence on us today. George Washington Carver devoted his life to research projects related to Southern agriculture. Carver was a chemist who discovered three hundred uses for peanuts and hundreds more uses for soybeans, pecans, and sweet potatoes. He rose from slavery to become one of the most respected and honored men. Carver's contribution has had a great impact on the current development of the economy. George Washington Carver changed the economy of the South with his agricultural knowledge. George Washington Carver was born a slave during the Civil War and he did not know his date of birth for sure. Carver says his birth occurred "near the end of the Civil War" or "just as liberty was declared." He claims his year of birth to be 1864, but it is likely that he was born in the spring of 1865 on a farm near Diamond, Missouri, in Newton County. His mother, Mary, was owned by Moses and Susan Carver. Her father was a slave on a nearby farm and died before she was born. Slave for a night...