So with absence of Malice, win, does the outcome raise Aaron Burr from villain status to newly re-established patriot? Enquiring minds...yatta...yatta...yatta.
Woods alluded to John Taylor, who's a great example.
He perceived the problems with creating a national government more acutely than perhaps any of his contemporaries, but at the same time supported the institution of slavery.
FWIW, Nancy Isenberg wrote a phenomenal, very fair biography of Burr which is worth reading, called Fallen Founder .