
Myths that Made America
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The Myth of the Independent Proprietor
The book focuses on three different myths in the book. The myth of the independent proprietor, the myth of the rights there and theMyth of the self made man. In America people own their own land they own their own business,. They are their own boss right they have they're not certainly not working at the back of some some master or or factory boss. Right. Alex let me let me ask would would the, would the small slave owner fit into that category, or would there be some a little bit of little bit of discomfort with with With the individual proprietor owning slaves or no. No, I mean, overwhelmingly at the time there was not all that much discomfort.
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