The History of Duelling

Duelling had also been exported to the united states of america, which embraced this old european tradition. So much so that george washington condemned it because so many of his officers were being killed needlessly in duels. And there was even a sitting vice president, aron burr, who killed his former secretary of the treasury, alexander hamilton,. The two men reportedly had disliked each other intensely for a long time and this battle to the death was simply the culmination of a political rivalry.

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