Is Alexander Hamilton a point of national pride for modern-day Caribbeans?

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. Because of the success and popularity of the musical Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton has been propelled back into American (and global) conscience. But to my mind, Hamilton represents a coopted history. Though a native Caribbean, he was a White man born in a British colony. It has been my experience that most casual consumers of both the musical and the actual history itself are not even aware that he was an immigrant, let alone a Caribbean one at that.

As a result, he has come to be a representation of the Caribbean for a lot of people. While I know there are plenty of individuals outside of Hamilton that spring to mind when thinking about the region (i.e., Usain Bolt, Rihanna, Bob Marley, Che Guevara, Fidel Castro) they do not represent pre-modern Caribbean history; that burden falls on A.H.

This, to me, is a dangerous thing. While colonialism occupies a critical (and sordid) element of Caribbean history, it is but a part of the whole, and therefore the likes of Alexander Hamilton should not be an embodiment of the whole of that history – in my opinion.

But I’m an American and I know nothing. How do Caribbeans view Alexander Hamilton? Is he a point of national pride? Is he but another blight on an overly imperialized viewscape? Is it somewhere in the In between?

Thanks!