... he grew stronger, and a lot of his experiences shaped him into the man that he came to be. Illegitimacy, abandonment, life in the Caribbean, and a devastating hurricane marked the early years of the highly intelligent young man and undoubtedly did much to supply the urgent drive that characterized his ... Hamilton's concept of himself and stirred up a restlessness that he revealed to his friend Edward Stevens (Hecht 9). For many people, life on a Caribbean island in the eighteenth century could be extremely pleasant. "Residing in great houses and surrounded by outbuildings for their man...

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