Lecture series · recorded 2008
Conceived in Liberty, Volume I
Conceived in Liberty, Volume I is a free lecture series (66 recordings, 27.8 hours) you can stream or download at freecapitalists.org, with Murray N. Rothbard.
A New Land, A New People: The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century. Narrated by Floy Lilley.
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Preface 2008
Pages 9-12 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley. Conceived in Liberty: Vol. I - A New Land, A New People: The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century.
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1. Europe at the Dawn of the Modern Era 2008
Pages 15-45 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley. Conceived in Liberty: Vol. I - A New Land, A New People: The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century.
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2. New World, New Land 2008
From Part 1 of Conceived in Liberty, Volume I: "Europe, England, and the New World." Pages 46-49 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley.
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3. The Virginia Company 2008
From Part 2 of Conceived in Liberty, Volume I: "The Southern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century." Pages 53-64 in the text, asnarrated by Floy Lilley.
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4. From Company to Royal Colony 2008
From Part 2 of Conceived in Liberty, Volume I: "The Southern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century." Pages 65-66 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley.
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5. The Social Structure of Virginia: Planters and Farmers 2008
From Part 2 of Conceived in Liberty, Volume I: "The Southern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century." Pages 67-69 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley.
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6. The Social Structure of Virginia: Bondservants and Slaves 2008
From Part 2 of Conceived in Liberty, Volume I: "The Southern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century." Pages 70-77 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley.
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7. Religion in Virginia 2008
From Part 2 of Conceived in Liberty, Volume I: "The Southern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century." Pages 78-80 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley.
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8. The Royal Government of Virginia
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9. British Mercantilism over Virginia
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11. Bacon's Rebellion 2008
From Part 2 of Conceived in Liberty, Volume I : “The Southern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century.” Pages 103-113 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley.
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14. The Aftermath of Bacon's Rebellion in the Other Southern Colonies
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16. Virginia After Bacon's Rebellion
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18. The Founding of Plymouth Colony
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19. The Founding of Massachusetts Bay
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20. The Puritans "Purify": Theocracy in Massachusetts
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21. Suppressing Heresy: The Flight of Roger Williams
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22. Suppressing Heresy: The Flight of Anne Hutchinson 2008
Pages 190-196 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley. From Part 3 of Conceived in Liberty, Volume I: “The Founding of New England.”
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23. The Further Settlement of Rhode Island: The Odyssey of Samuell Gorton
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24. Rhode Island in the 1650s: Roger Williams' Shift from Liberty
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26. The Seizure of New England
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27. Joint Action in New England: The Pequot War
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30. Economics Begins to Dissolve the Theocracy: Disintegration of the Fur Monopoly
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31. Economics Begins to Dissolve the Theocracy: The Failure of Wage and Price Controls 2008
Pages 254-259 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley. From Part 3 of Conceived in Liberty, Volume I : “The Founding of New England.”
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32. Mercantilism, Merchants, and "Class Conflict" 2008
Pages 260-262 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley. From Part 3 of Conceived in Liberty, Volume I : “The Founding of New England.”
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33. Economics Begins to Dissolve the Theocracy: The Failure of Subsidized Production
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34. The Rise of the Fisheries and the Merchants
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35. Theocracy Begins to Wither: The Half-Way Covenant
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37. The Restoration Crisis in New England
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39. Governors and Government
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40. The Dutch and New Sweden
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43. The Northern Colonies, 1666-1675
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44. The Beginning of Andros' Rule in New York
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48. The Crown Takes over New Hampshire, 1680-1685
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49. Edward Randolph Versus Massachusetts, 1680-1684
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50. The Re-Opening of the Narragansett Claims, 1679-1683
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51. The Rule of Joseph Dudley and the Council of New England
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53. Turmoil in East New Jersey, 1678-1686
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54. The Development of West New Jersey
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55. "The Holy Experiment": The Founding of Pennsylvania, 1681-1690
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57. The Glorious Revolution in the Northern Colonies, 1689-1690
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58. The Glorious Revolution in the Northern Colonies, 1690-1692
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59. Aftermath of the 1690s: The Salem Witch-Hunt and Stoughton's Rise to Power
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60. The Liberalism of Lord Bellomont in the Royal Colonies
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62. Rhode Island and Connecticut After the Glorious Revolution
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63. The Unification of the Jerseys
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64. Government Returns to Pennsylvania
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65. The Colonies in the First Decade of the Eighteenth Century
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Recording dates, summaries and topics for 12 of these 66 lectures come from the Mises Institute's page for Conceived in Liberty, Volume I, checked 2026-09-27.
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- When was Conceived in Liberty, Volume I recorded?
- 2008, per the recording dates recovered for this series.
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