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Oil on canvas. New-York Historical Society, New York, NY.
This is Hamilton as Major General — second in command to Washington — during the Quasi-War
with France from 1798 to 1800.
Alexander Hamilton, c. 1798—1801
Property in land and property in slaves were the engines that drove Virginia society from its earliest days, giving Jefferson and those in his class wealth, independence, and liberty — their sense of identity. It was the dividing line between those who could participate in republican society by voting and those who could not, between those who were respectable and those who were not.
"Most Blessed of the Patriarchs" (2016)