Part one of term paper
was the son of a slave woman owned by Moses Carver. During the Civil War, slave owners found it difficult to hold slaves in the border state of Missouri, and Moses Carver therefore sent his slaves, including the young child and his mother, to Arkansas. After the war, Moses Carver learned that all his former slaves had disappeared except for ...

Part two of term paper
... he remained on their plantation until he was about 10 or 12 years old, when he left to achieve an education. He spent some time wandering about, working with his hands and developing his keen interest in plants and animals. By both books and experience, George acquired a incoherent education while doing whatever work came to hand in order to exist. He supported himself by varied occupations that included general household worker, hotel cook, laundryman, farm laborer, and homesteader. In his l ...