Adam Smith said that the individual "intends only his own gain, and he is… led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was not part of his intention." By this, Smith meant that.

Adam Smith said that the individual "intends only his own gain, and he is… led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was not part of his intention." By this, Smith meant that the market unintentionally regulates and benefits those who operate in it.

Explanation:

The Invisible Hand is a metaphor used by Scottish philosopher Adam Smith, the founder of modern economic thinking. The term refers to the individual who, in a well-functioning market economy (an economy where there is complete competition in all markets) will act for the benefit of himself and at the same time indirectly act for the benefit of society or the collective in the sense that the outcome will become economically efficient.

The idea of trade and the exchange market automatically channeling "self-interest" into "desirable social ends" is the central justification of the laissez-faire economic philosophy, which predates neoclassical economics.

manifest functions are the recognized and intended consequences of any social pattern, while latent functions are those unrecognized and unintended consequences. to analyze the manifest functions of any social institution, we have to study its contribution to the continuation of a group, community, or society.

the answer is solomon northrup. he was a free-born african american, abolitionist and professional violinist that was drugged, kidnapped and sold as slave in 1841 and remained in captivity until 1853 where he regained his freedom with the of the then-governor of new york, washington hunt. he wrote and published his memoirs "twelve years a slave" in 1853, and in this text, he tells the story of his escape thru one of louisiana's swamps (the great pacoudrie swamp) in which he ended up covered in green slime from crossing the surface of the dead water.