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Posted by Michael Stansfield on March 09, 19101 at 16:18:42:
In Reply to: Aaron Burr: Villain or Victim? posted by Jeff Leatherwood on May 24, 19100 at 12:35:53:
Aaron Burr is an amazing charactor and I believe he was a victim in every sense of the word and if people new the truth he would be revered today. Spain at the during that time made many foolish mistakes They changed sides in the war between French and Britian from supporting the British to supporting the french. British ships left a total blockade betweeen the Spain and the Colonies now known as Mexico. Burr like Abraham Lincoln was elected by dividing the voted between the pro-slavery forces. Remeber Burr lead and won the abolition of slavery from New York and is considered America's first feminist saying that women should be equal with men. But I'm getting off track. With Hiati and the rest of Mexico pushing toward Revolution the support of the french from the American Revolution as well as the English blockade during the election of 1800 Burr was found to be right, the colonies of Mexico could have easily been part of the United States today. Hiati Successed in 1804 and the Mexican Revolution began in 1810, just 3 years after he attempted to help liberate Mexico from the spanish. Think of it, the civil war the American Mexican War, equal rights for women, all 200 years ago. He is brilliant by all acccounts, and as president then would have saved undoubted thousands of lives as well as given the citizens of Mexico a better life and finished the revolution they are still fighting today. Burr has only proven that the right thing to do is enough, even if you are denouced for it for the next 200 years.
: Please e-mail me your thoughts on Aaron Burr. I am a
: historian and journalist interested in how people view
: Burr today. I prefer opinions which are well-founded
: and balanced. It might prove helpful to have read
: Milton Lomask's biography, Thomas J. Fleming's "Duel,"
: or Arnold Rogow's "Fatal Friendship."