Founding Brothers
What role did newspapers play in the drama?
It is about Hmiltion and Burr in Founding Brothers
It is about Hmiltion and Burr in Founding Brothers
The duel itself gave the media power of influence. Both the duel, and its tragic result became a source of fuel and propaganda against what became seen as a barbaric practice. By the early 1800's dueling was virtually unheard of and basically only occurred in the south.