Hes one of the most endearing characters inHamilton.
But the Marquis de Lafayette doesnt stay that way.
Soon enough good-natured modesty gives way to spitting English rhymes faster than anyone else on stage.
And these horrors were only beginning to reign as Hamilton and Jefferson were rapping about possible American intervention.
In reality, Lafayette and Hamiltons friendship began a little later than the 1776 meet-and-greet at the bar inHamilton.
Well, that and because Lafayette and his wife had deep roots in French aristocracy.
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Like Hamilton, Lafayette became an orphan when he was 13.
Unlike Hamilton, he did not suffer from a lack of funds or prestige.
Some historians believe the death even inspired a strong anti-British sentiment in Lafayette.
So much so that he disobeyed his king and father-in-law to cross the Atlantic.
Instead he spent three weeks at British court where he was presented beforeKing George III.
Washington met Lafayette at a dinner in August 1777.
Lafayette also formed an extremely personal friendship with Hamilton.
The man is Colonel Hamilton.
He even wrote Washington in 1783, pushing his father figure to free his slaves.
He used this position to deescalate violence from a crowd now chanting for Marie Antoinettes blood.
Lafayette ordered the National Guard to fire into the crowd, wounding and killing dozens.
Afterward a new mob gathered and destroyed Lafayettes home and attempted to assault his wife.
Robespierre branded Lafayette a traitor of the Revolution and Lafayette soon resigned from his post in the National Guard.
Even out of power, Lafayette still wrote about the need of sparing the king and queen.
In August 1792, Danton put out a warrant for Lafayettes arrest.
Vice President John Adams summed it up best: Danton, Robespierre, Marat, etc.
Dragons teeth have been sown in France and will come up as monsters.
He didnt get further than the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium).
There he was arrested by the rival government and began more than five years of hell.
He did better than family members though.
His wife, meanwhile, begged permission to take her five children and stay with Lafayette in prison.
As punishment he was half-starved when his wife and four daughters stayed with him in his cell.
As Secretary of State, Jefferson did mastermind a plan to aid Lafayette and his family.
Lafayette wanted the titles, but he did not want to be a member of Napoleons government.
He even got to lay the cornerstone of the Bunker Hill Monument in Boston.
He also swore their friendship would survive all revolutions and all vicissitudes.