YO, ALEXANDER HAMILTON!
Hey, what's shakin bruh? As you probably already peeped by now to know, I'm somewhat of an art zealot-- poetry, painting, dance, the theater, pretty much the whole nine yards. And there's this Hip Hop musical called HAMILTON happening right now in remembrance of you and how you did yours. This artistic production is what led me to check you out really...
All in all you weren't a bad guy. Actually we had a few things in common: We were both Caribbean-born. Both writers... Men of Letters, to use the vernacular of your day. Both of us, passionate about injustices and intense in our mental/emotional disposition; we also have no problem telling mufukkas off when the need arises! And we both have skills growing and managing money, (shyt I could be in charge of the Treasury right now as you were then and I'd be better at it than that guy Jack Lew who's the current Secretary of Treasury!)
I commend the help you provided Haiti. And I join you in your distaste for that hypocrital-assed Thomas Jefferson who was all about slavery while wearing the title Founding Father. It was cool too how you ran with the abolitionists and wrote papers defaming slavery and promoting that ex-slaves had the right to bear arms. (Cuz I know damn well I will always bear mine!)
But Alex I've gotta say this, bruh... you should've never subscribed to that European bullshyt concept of shooting up into the air during a duel. Okay?
Not only did you advise your son who took part in a duel before you did to shoot the air rather than shoot the opponent who is expected to shoot him, but you yourself did the same shyt when the time came and it didn't end well, for your son or for you!
What the hell were you thinking???
Yeah I agree men must demonstrate honor, and that doing so can invoke others to do the same. But I'm not ever willing to bet my son's life or my own on another man's propensity to do the right thing!
Now see if you were raised differently, like me and countless other Blacks for instance,  you would've known to prepare for the worst and to come ready to counter it. I could've helped you out with that...
:-)
Anyway, just wanted to tell you that. And to say that the Hip Hop musical HAMILTON is dope...(wonder if you'd feel complimented by the diversity of the cast ballin to the music written to tell your story? You know how we artists are...forever starting shyt!)
Well, wherever you are, keep raising hell; only this time do it smarter, like a Brotha would!
Nice meeting ya, wouldn't wanna be ya!
#NoHateTho
I'm out...

--Khalil Somadi--