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What Alexander Hamilton's deep connections to slavery reveal about the need for reparations today

  • Written by Nicole S. Maskiell, Assistant Professor of History Peter and Bonnie McCausland Fellow of History, University of South Carolina
imageAlexander Hamilton publicly opposed slavery, but research reveals he was also complicit in it.Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution

Alexander Hamilton has received a resurgence of interest in recent years on the back of the smash Broadway musical bearing his name.

But alongside tales of his role in the Revolutionary War and in forging the...

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