Alexander Hamilton, a white male in his late forties stepped onto the narrow ledge beneath the Palisades at Weehawken, New Jersey, just after dawn on July 11, 1804, to face Vice President Aaron Burr across the measured distance of a formal duel. Years of political rivalry lay between them: Hamilton had opposed Burr in the bitter presidential contest of 1800 and had later worked behind the scenes to block Burr's bid to become governor of New York, reportedly describing him in terms so scathing th
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