This American botanist and inventor was born into slavery circa 1860. He devoted much of his adult life to finding alternative crops to cotton for the American South, including soybeans and sweet potatoes; however, most of his fame come from his work with the legume pod of Arachis hypogaea, from which he derived over 100 products, including dyes, plastics, and nitroglycerin. (First, middle, and last name, please)
George Washington Carver