George Washington Carver George Washington Carver was born into slavery at the end of the Civil War, near Diamond Grove Missouri. His mother was owned by Moses Carver and his paternity is unknown. It is believed that his father was a slave on a neighboring farm who was killed in a log-hauling a...

Family Background George Washington Carver was born in the year of 1861. He was born on a farm near Diamond; Grove, Mo. George was the second son and one of the youngest of three children to Negro slave parents. When George was just a child his father was killed in an accident. ...