180 Alexander Hamilton and the Making of American Law

Published: April 3, 2018, 5 a.m.

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The legacy of Alexander Hamilton tells us that he was Thomas Jefferson\\u2019s political rival, a man who fought to secure strong powers for the national government, and the first Secretary of the Treasury.

What Hamilton\\u2019s legacy doesn\\u2019t tell us is that he also fought for states rights and championed civil liberties for all Americans, even those Americans who had supported the British during the American Revolution.

Kate Elizabeth Brown, an Assistant Professor of History and Political Science at Huntington University in Indiana and author of Alexander Hamilton and the Development of American Law, joins us to explore more about the Alexander Hamilton we don\\u2019t know, the Hamilton who helped develop American law.

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