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William Gaston Pearson (1858–1947) was an African American educator and businessman in North Carolina. Pearson was born a slave in Durham County in 1858. After he was freed, he worked at the Carr Factory where General Julian S. Carr, the owner, recognized his potential and financed his education at Shaw University. Pearson graduated from Shaw with a B.S. in 1886 and received an honorary M.A. in 1890. He was awarded Honorary Ph.D's from Kittrell College in 1915 and Wilberforce University in 1919. In 1893, Pearson married Minnie Sumner of Charlotte.