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Alexander Hamilton as anti-slavery just doesn't make sense to me. This guy was UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington's right-hand man and Washington, despite his personal guilt and belated moderation, was no abolitionist. It is true that Hamilton's promotion of the North and central banking did eventually give them the advantage to abolish slavery and assert political and moral primacy over the South. But that's a really abstract argument. On a personal level, Hamilton was incredibly self-destructive and a deeply flawed individual which is kind of endearing, I can see that, but not something to glorify.
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Alexander Hamilton as anti-slavery just doesn\'t make sense to me. This guy was UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington\'s right-hand man and Washington, despite his personal guilt and belated moderation, was no abolitionist. It is true that Hamilton\'s promotion of the North and central banking did eventually give them the advantage to abolish slavery and assert political and moral primacy over the South. But that\'s a really abstract argument. On a personal level, Hamilton was incredibly self-destructive and a deeply flawed individual which is kind of endearing, I can see that, but not something to glorify.
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I would say Aaron Burr was anti-slavery since he played a role in getting NewYorkState to abolish it. If there is a founder I am sympathetic to, it would be Burr even if in terms of politics and institutions he didn't really have a great impact unlike Hamilton and Burr doesn't even have a page here...
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The only true abolitionism in this period was in France, where the Jacobins, under Robespierre, actually did abolish slavery...but they had to do it under the ReignOfTerror since it was really radical.
I would say Aaron Burr was anti-slavery since he played a role in getting NewYorkState to abolish it. If there is a founder I am sympathetic to, it would be Burr even if in terms of politics and institutions he didn\'t really have a great impact unlike Hamilton and Burr doesn\'t even have a page here...
I would say Aaron Burr was anti-slavery since he played a role in getting NewYorkState to abolish it. If there is a founder I am sympathetic to, it would be Burr even if in terms of politics and institutions he didn\'t really have a great impact unlike Hamilton and Burr doesn\'t even have a page here...
