2 or 3 days ago (what is time?) I watched the hamilton play and now Iâm flying by the front of my pants. Iâm completely satisfied by the play except for one thing
I cannot decide whether I should admire Alexander Hamilton or not
Look, I know he had an affair, I know he was a lottle power hungry at the end there, but his dream was valiant and his contributions were unparalleled. Iâm certain that without this man we wouldnât have America. And if he only lived longer, along with his best friend/lover John Laurens, slavery couldâve ended a lot sooner.
Not only would America not be founded without his efforts, but it wouldnât have lasted long in the first place without the bank he created (right? feel free to criticize me, Iâm stupid. Donât get me wrong I hate banks too, but look--)
I hate America (sorry not sorry) but, even I felt reinvigorated by the vision from this play. I need to know all thatâs salvageable from this heap of corruption and depression.
Alright so I devised a simple question to test whether Alexander Hamilton was a good an admirable man in my eyes or not. Did he own slaves? And guess what (ÂŹ_ÂŹ) I didnât get a straight answer. Itâs clear that he bought slaves occasionally (rarely?) for family members or something but my google search couldnât simply give me a yes or a no answer of whether or not Hammie owned slaves. Moreover, Eliza Hamilton, his wife, was outspokenly against slavery, just like Alexander Hamilton, so I donât know fam, is that a no? Test failed. (and fyi, Aaron Burr owned slaves, i dont care how nice he was to them, ownage is ownage)
So I decided to go to the source! Alexander Hamiltonâs writings were his heart (though he claimed it was the republic but whatever) so if I read this manâs penstrokes, I can decide if heâs a good person or just another corrupt politician (who am I kidding every politician is corrupt, what am I doing this for?!) I just.
To begin, I thought Iâd start with the Federalist Papers, He wrote 51 out of 85 according to Non-stop but... but... the table of contents are extensive.
And below youâll see the claims to the authorship of the federalist, I guess they couldnât put their names on the essays like normal people so whoever had to walk around with the essays later on and ask âDiD yOu dO tHiS?â
Iâm snickering at the line that says âAll the Rest By Mr Hamiltonâ like DUDE.