What was his fucking problem?

>>2709612

>slavery made him rich

>hated himself for it

> but not enough to free them

Jefferson was angsty his entire life over slavey

Also

> muh Martha

>>2709612

He couldn't resist the hot chocolate.

>>2709612
Let's actually have a good discussion about the first few presidents.

Why was Jefferson not taken out back and shot before the 1800 election?

>>2710013
It was against Virginia law to free slaves breh

>>2710608
Because the founding fathers were enlightened gentlemen who didn't respond to the very first opposition they experienced with violence.

It is telling that even when Hamilton had a strong personal rivalry with Jefferson for much of his life he still intervened on his behalf against the corrupt Burr, to the detriment of his own faction.

>>2710971
>those persons who are disposed to emancipate their slaves may be empowered so to do, and the same hath been judged expedient under certain restrictions: Be it therefore enacted, That it shall hereafter be lawful for any person, by his or her last will and testament, or by any other instrument in writing, under his or her hand and seal, attested and proved in the county court by two witnesses, or acknowledged by the party in the court of the county where he or she resides to emancipate and set free, his or her slaves, or any of them, who shall thereupon be entirely and fully discharged from the performance of any contract entered into during servitude, and enjoy as full freedom as if they had been particularly named and freed by this act.

It wasn't illegal to free slaves. It's just that if they stayed in Virginia for a year, they'd be put back into slavery, so you not only had to free them but secure them transportation and means in another state.

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>>2711013
I'd like to revise that first statement to be that they didn't respond to "gentlemanly" opposition with violence.