# The American Founding in Practice

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/videos/american-founding-practice>

**By** Robert M. S. McDonald

**Published:** February 9, 2011

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Rob McDonald discusses the conflict between individual liberty and slavery, at the time of the American Revolution.

History professor Rob McDonald of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point gives a lecture on the conflict between the ideals of the American Revolution, such as individual liberty, and unfortunate realities of the time, such as slavery.

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