The Slave Infant God Never Lost Sight Of

In January 1865, night riders swept onto Moses Carver's farm in Diamond, Missouri, and stole a sickly infant named George along with his mother, Mary. Moses Carver sent a scout to recover them. The scout returned with only the baby — Mary was never seen again. That orphaned child, born into slavery and robbed of his mother before he could speak, grew up to become George Washington Carver, one of the most brilliant agricultural scientists in American history.…