Long after the fatal duel at Weehawken, the names Hamilton and Burr would meet again, this time, not on a dueling ground, but in a courtroom. In this episode of History Shorts, we unravel the astonishing legal battle between Alexander Hamilton Jr., son of the slain Founding Father, and Aaron Burr, the man who killed him.
At the heart of the story is Eliza Jumel, a woman of ambition and wealth who married Burr late in life, and quickly came to regret it. When Burr's financial schemes came to light, she hired Hamilton Jr. as her divorce attorney, setting the stage for a surreal and symbolic confrontation between the legacies of two of America's most infamous rivals.
You'll learn:
How Eliza Jumel rose from poverty to become one of the richest women in New York
Why she turned to Hamilton Jr. to free her from Burr
What this courtroom battle tells us about class, gender, and power in early 19th-century America
And how history repeated itself—in law, rather than lead
A courtroom drama. A social climber. A legacy clash. This is one of the strangest and most satisfying footnotes in American history.
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