EPISODE 6 The Duel

History on Fire

Daniele Bolelli

Society & Culture

4.7 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2016

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

On July 11, 1804, the vice-president of the United States (Aaron Burr) and the first Secretary of the Treasury (Alexander Hamilton) decided to settle their grievances by drawing their pistols and trying to shoot each other dead. This is the story of the events leading Burr and Hamilton to stop exchanging words and begin exchanging lead. Also, in this episode: the good old days when killing people in a duel was no obstacle to gaining high political office (just ask Andrew Jackson), Abraham Lincoln and his freakish long reach, when the Senate floor was washed in blood, Hamilton’s mom was “whoring with everyone”, Burr’s obsession for women, “Great souls have little use for small morals”, Thomas Jefferson and Vito Corleaone’s advice, Plan B: take over Mexico, when the President wanted to hang his former vice-president, a perfect plan to get Americans more interested in politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Whether you like history or not, if you care about bravery, wisdom, passion, larger than
0:07.0	life characters and some of the most emotionally intense moments in human experience, you have
0:11.7	come to the right place.
0:13.6	Danielle Bellelli is a university history professor, writer and martial artist and he shall be
0:18.0	your guide and a journey to the place where history and epic come on.
1:00.6	Let's go say history on fire.
1:07.4	The story we will play with today is extremely famous and for very good reasons.
1:13.5	Rather than being confined to the pages of history book, it has become part of American
1:18.4	popular culture.
1:20.3	In 1993 when the super successful Gottmiel convertisement campaign was launched, it
1:25.8	dedicated its first commercial to this very story.
1:29.2	If you are not from the United States, this pop culture or reference may escape you and
1:34.5	perhaps you may not be quite as familiar with the story itself.
1:38.5	In either case it's a great tale that I am excited to explore today.
1:45.1	On July 11th, 1804, two men were being political enemies for over 15 years.
1:52.2	Aaron Burr was at this time the vice president during Thomas Jefferson's first term.
1:59.2	And Alexander Hamilton would be the very first secretary of the treasury of the United
2:03.6	States and had been George Washington's right and man for quite a while plus he was the
2:08.8	leader of the Federalist.
2:11.1	These two politicians left Manhattan in separate boats in the early hours of the morning.
2:17.2	They landed in New Jersey and met each other for a duel.
2:21.2	They pulled out their pistols and shot at each other.
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