If you’ve never heard of Nathaniel Macon, you’ve missed an important figure in North Carolina’s history.

Troy Kickler of the N.C. History Project reminded a John Locke Foundation Shaftesbury Society audience today about Macon’s importance.

Click the play button below for Kickler’s description of Macon’s fundamental distrust of government.

4:45 p.m. update: Watch the entire 45:22 presentation by clicking the play button below.

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