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   Is Hamilton based on a true story?

   • In reality, all of the named characters in Hamilton were white, with the single exception of Sally Hemings—an enslaved woman with whom Jefferson had a sexual relationship—who appears in a silent cameo. Critics of the show have argued that it erases the presence of real men and women of color during this period of American history.

   Hamilton True Story | How Much of the Hamilton Musical Is True? - ELLE

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   Is 1/19 Hamilton based on a true story?

   • 1/19 Hamilton is based on the biography of American statesman Alexander Hamilton, written by historian Ron Chernow. Alexander Hamilton - whose face is imprinted on the $10 bill in the US - lived an extraordinary life, born on the Caribbean island of Nevis in 1755 and moving to New York as a teenager to get an education.

   The true story of Hamilton: What is the musical about?

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   Was Hamilton a real person?

   • Fact-check: Hamilton’s character describes punching the person who "handles the financials" at Princeton. But in his book on the musical, Miranda said the line was a "historical leap" that made for a good rhyme. The real-life Hamilton had a disagreement with Princeton’s president over his desire to graduate early, according to Chernow’s biography.

   Fact-checking ‘Hamilton’ the musical - PolitiFact

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   Will 'Hamilton' be on TV?

   • The smash-hit Broadway musical "Hamilton" is making its move to the TV screen, bringing Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop biography of Alexander Hamilton to a new audience. The tale of the "$10 Founding Father without a father" has inspired years of sell-out crowds at theaters across the country.

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   Is 'Hamilton' a good musical?

   • "It is great theater and bad history," said David Waldstreicher, a historian at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York, who argued in one of a collection of essays on "Hamilton" that the musical is part of a movement that over-glorifies the Founding Fathers.

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   Is '$10 founding father without a father' based on a true story?

   • The tale of the "$10 Founding Father without a father" has inspired years of sell-out crowds at theaters across the country. The show, which Miranda famously began writing after reading Ron Chernow’s biography, chronicles Hamilton’s ascension to the forefront of American history. The show is startlingly faithful to Hamilton’s life.

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2. www.elle.com › culture › movies-tvHamilton True Story | How Much of the Hamilton Musical Is True?

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   Jul 3, 2020 · Lin-Manuel Miranda based the show on Ron Chernow's exhaustive 2004 biography of Hamilton, and hews fairly close to historical fact—with a few exceptions.

3. www.radiotimes.com › audio › the-true-story-behindWhat is Hamilton about? The true story behind hip-hop musical

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   The true story behind hip-hop musical. The Broadway blockbuster has finally arrived in the West End - here's everything you need to know about the Founding Father who inspired a theatrical...

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4. www.standard.co.uk › culture › hamilton-musical-trueThe true story of Hamilton: What is the musical about?

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   Jul 3, 2020 · Hamilton is based on the biography of American statesman Alexander Hamilton, written by historian Ron Chernow.

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6. www.bbc.co.uk › bitesize › articlesHamilton: The history behind the musical - BBC Bitesize

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   Hamilton: An American Musical has become a global phenomenon, but how accurate is this story of one of the US' Founding Fathers? We delve beyond the remarkable performances with historian Dr...

7. www.politifact.com › article › 2020Fact-checking ‘Hamilton’ the musical - PolitiFact

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   Jul 1, 2020 · Fact-check: It’s not true that the Southern states had paid off all their post-war debts when Hamilton proposed a plan to let the federal government assume them.

8. www.standard.co.uk › culture › booksMeet the historian whose book inspired the musical Hamilton

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   Hot tickets: musical Hamilton is based on a book by Ron Chernow. Ron Chernow, a 68-year-old historian from New York is serenading me with a spirited rap: “The ten dollar founding father without...

9. www.esquire.com › entertainment › tv'Hamilton' True Story: Is the Musical Historically Accurate?

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   Jul 3, 2020 · Even though 'Hamilton' has been universally praised, historians criticize Lin-Manuel Miranda for taking a few liberties. Here's the true story behind the musical and whether it's historically...