*Hamilton’s antislavery convictions have lately become well known through the immensely successful musical inspired by his life. The truth was more complicated. Hamilton married into a slave-owning family (the Schuylers) and benefited from their wealth and political connectedness, yet there is evidence that his aversion to the institution ran deep. See Ron Chernow, Alexander Hamilton (New York: Penguin Press, 2004), 128–37, 210.