Episode 56: The Duel of 1833

Contributors

Chris Horn, University of South Carolina - Columbia
Elizabeth West, University of South Carolina - Columbia

Description

Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton engaged in an infamous duel in 1804, and a number of South Carolina College students nearly got tangled up in duels in the years before the Civil War. History records only one duel involving South Carolina College students that ended in fatality — and this is the strange story of that tragedy.

Publication Date

11-15-2022

City

Columbia, SC

Keywords

University of South Carolina, Civil War, Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, duel

Disciplines

History

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