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In what way were Samuel Slater and Francis Cabot Lowell 'capitalists'?

They were slaveowners who owned their labor force


They were owners of capital, i.e. property (machines and factories) that they invested in with the goal of producing profit


They were wage-laborers, who had to work to survive


They were wealthy politicians that owned vast swaths of land

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Answer:They were owners of capital, i.e. property (machines and factories) that they invested in with the goal of producing profit

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