#How Hamilton and Jefferson’s hatred gave rise to a polarized US

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“#How Hamilton and Jefferson’s hatred gave rise to a polarized US” The damp spring and hot summer of 1793 brought clouds of mosquitoes infected with yellow fever to close-packed Philadelphia. Twenty thousand residents fled for the safety of the countryside. Nearly 5,000 lives, a tenth of the city’s population, were lost. As the death toll…

#’Alexander Hamilton not a slave owner!’: Descendant duels critics

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“#’Alexander Hamilton not a slave owner!’: Descendant duels critics” Douglas Hamilton — the fifth-great-grandson of Alexander Hamilton — is ready for pistols at dawn. Figuratively speaking, of course. While statues are being bulldozed and controversies rage over whether schools bearing the monikers of former presidents should be renamed, the 70-year-old Westerville, Ohio, resident told The Post (which…

#Research sheds light on Alexander Hamilton as slave owner

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“#Research sheds light on Alexander Hamilton as slave owner” ALBANY, NY — A new research paper takes a swipe at the popular image of Alexander Hamilton as the abolitionist founding father, citing evidence he was a slave trader and owner himself. “Not only did Alexander Hamilton enslave people, but his involvement in the institution of…