Reframing Hamilton's legacy for the stage.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The hit musical Hamilton has been acclaimed for its innovative style and ability to make the most complicated moments in early American history accessible to its audience, often skirting around reality and using historical inaccuracies to keep the story moving.
John Laurens met Hamilton in 1777, after the war had started. Likewise, since Marquis de Lafayette did not leave France for America until 1777, he also could not have attended such a meeting of the minds. It is notable that since New York City swiftly fell to British control after the start of the war and Hamilton did not come back to Manhattan until after Independence had been won, neither Laurens nor Lafayette could have conceivably met him there.
However, while all of Phillip Schuyler’s daughters were well-educated and extremely articulate, there is no evidence that such progressive opinions were voiced, especially when considering how rare it was for women at the time to be welcomed into discussions of politics. In fact, the real Angelica had been married to John Baker Church for a few years by the time Alexander and Eliza tied the knot. Known for her intelligence and independence, the eldest Schuyler sister eloped with the English born businessman against the wishes of her father. Notably, Angelica also kept up a flirtatious correspondence with one of Hamilton’s primary antagonists in the show: Thomas Jefferson.
Related Hamilton: Why Lin-Manuel Miranda Cut George Washington's Death Song Hamilton almost featured a song dedicated to George Washington's death, but it was cut from the final production by Line-Manuel Miranda. The Laurens-Lee Duel Angered by Charles Lee’s negative comments hurled toward Washington, the musical depicts a duel – the first of several that pop up in Hamilton’s life – featuring Aaron Burr as Lee’s second.
His marriage to Elizabeth Schuyler is particularly telling, seeing as she belonged to a very wealthy slave-owning family, who had 27 enslaved people in their service. Records also show that Hamilton was directly involved in the purchase of slaves on behalf of his father-in-law and, in 1784, assisted Angelica in her search for a slave previously in her service.
Jefferson even advocated Hamilton’s nomination for the American Philosophical Society, a prestigious organization made up of the most prolific scholars of the day. Despite this, the only glances we see of Jefferson are adversarial, surely in order to create additional dramatic tension for the hero of the story.
The musical spends no time on the aftermath of the pamphlet’s publication as it pertains to Maria, who, after Hamilton depicted himself as the sole victim of a blackmail scheme, was subjected to public humiliation – ultimately resulting in her divorce from James Reynolds and eventual life as a re-married and proclaimed religious woman.
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