In “The Workingman’s Conception of Industrial Liberty,” John Mitchell, head of the United Mine Workers, expressed the concepts of industrial liberty during the Progressive era. The aftermath of the Industrial Revolution left many Americans to depend on an employer for their livelihoods. Before the big business took over, most Americans relied on their own farms and shops for their living. Unable to compete with the big business, most of them left everything behind in search of a new job in the city. In a way, “Mitchell argues that freedom in America had changed due to the result of Industrial Revolution. The chain of events of the Industrial Revolution changed the meaning of freedom. The Industrial Revolution contradicts Mitchell statement,
