Which American botanist and inventor, born into slavery in Missouri, was sculpted into a monument by Tina Allen?
George Washington Carver George Washington Carver (1860s – January 5, 1943), was an American botanist and inventor. The exact day and year of his birth are unknown; he was born into slavery in Missouri, either in 1861, or January 1864.
Thomas Newton Allen Thomas Newton Allen (born 1839) was a lawyer in Lexington, Kentucky. He moved to Olympia, Washington c1889, where he was a clerk and then a lawyer. He was friend to the state governor John H. McGraw. Allen is remembered today for writing a book, "Chronicles of Oldfields" in 1909, which is found on lists of books for those studying slavery in the United States.