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George Washington Carver, a great scientist, changed the economy of the South with his agricultural knowledge. This lesson will investigate how the lowly peanut kept the cotton farmers from losing everything.
Image: Public Domain, restored by Adam Cuerden (Tuskegee University Archives/Museum) via Wikimedia Commons
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