American Literature / Unit 5 AML 0409 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Melting Pot Before the Phrase
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The idea
Crèvecœur's answer is that individuals of all nations are melted into a new race, leaving behind ancient prejudices and manners for new modes of living. The formulation is a century older than the phrase melting pot, and the exam expects it attached to his name.
In practice
Individuals of all nations, melted into one.
Where people slip
His America is farms, and excludes the enslaved.
Your place on the trail
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