What Hamilton DOESN'T Tell You: Aaron Burr's Forgotten Story After the Duel

A look at the little-known history of Burr's attempt to create a new country, seceding from the United States.

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chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:21 Chapter One: Hatching the Plot
6:06 Chapter Two: Loose Ends
8:46 Chapter Three: It's Treason Then
13:28 Chapter Four: Epilogue
15:35 Outro

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[MircoBeier]

Wife: "Aaron... I want to get divorced"
Burr: "Fine... Laywer?"
Wife: "Alexander Hamilton.."
Burr: "Oh come What the fu..."

[jcho]

He also had a duel with Angelica Schuyler’s husband, they ended with both pistols fired and a hand shake

[SigmaGaming]

so this is what Lin-Manuel was talking about when he said Burr did some crazy shit after he killed Hamilton

[tedsowards]

Roommate: "Wait, Burr wasn't black?"
Me: 😆

[alika.dudu.tshela]

No one can say Aaron Burr and I think of an image of one of his actual portraits all i see is Leslie Odom Jr. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[PigIA]

He wanted to be in the room where it happened yet it ended up with his life getting ruined

[girl]

Frankly, I think this is what "The World was Wide Enough" was really referring to, rather then the duel. By that point in the story, Burr was an old man looking backwards, analyzing his life after his duel with Alexander Hamilton. The words "The World was Wide Enough for Alexander and me"? They were written by Burr himself, long after conspiracy happened.

[spidercollector]

My name is Alexander Hamilton Jr. You killed my father. Prepare to get divorced.

[bababo]

If hamilton doesnt get a sequel musical about the burr conspiracy i'll be so pissed. This is insane!

[Ghostslovecupcakes]

When listening back to the song dear Theodosia with the context that neither of the children would outlive their fathers is probably the saddest thing ive ever heard

[andy]

Great, thank you! Couldn’t be in the room where it happened, tried to make his own room, failed, ran away to Europe, wasn’t welcome there, came back to NYC, married a woman named Eliza, couldn’t make that work and the divorce was handled by A.Ham Jr. Man could NOT get out of the shadow... again, thanks,

[floatytrouty]

Oh the irony, A.Hamilton.Jr indirectly killed him by helping his wife divorce him

[johncross]

Thank you for making this video Aaron Burr is my great great great something Uncle and your video has helped me learn more about my ancestor

[ChristinePiecyk]

And this stuff doesn’t make it into the history books! I always felt like “Hamilton” painted Burr as a sympathetic character, you’re supposed to feel sorry for him because he could never keep up with Hamilton, and then he laments the fact that he will forever be known as the guy who killed Hamilton. But there’s so much more to the story.

[arirenzi-surprenant]

Let's be real here: Hamilton has one of the most fragile egos and pride I have ever seen.

[BarEscm]

Alexander Hamilton Jr.: "Aaron Burr, sir? I'm Alexander Hamilton, your lawyer".
Aaron Burr: "WHAT!!!"

[alexanderhamilton]

This explains why Hamilton endorsed Jefferson, his arch rival, for President. Hamilton, at some point, took a good read of Aaron Burr and what he saw apparently terrified him.

Hamilton, a man of excellent insight and integrity. Too bad he threw away his shot.

[EmmyJeanBean]

When you think about it Aaron Burr's life after killing Hamilton went downhill...

It's as the musical said: he might have been the first one to die but I'm the one who paid for it.

Cuz if you think about it he really did pay for it. Karma creeped up on him until his last breath, and nowadays people don't really think that highly of him.

So he really did pay for it even if he did get away with it legally he eventually ended up paying a lot of prices for it.

[RinnzuRosendale]

15:24 The world ain't wide enough for those eyes. My god.

[radadic]

Burr's conspiracy sounds a lot like a DLC case from Ace Attorney
"You have no evidence to prove me guilty, hahaha"
"Objection! The constants of this letter were actually changed through decyphering"