Jefferson didn't necessarily like being a slave owner but there
wasn't much he could do about it. He could not have leggaly freed
all of his slaves even if he wanted to. Even if it was legally to do
so if he had done so he would have been ruined financially loosing
everything he owned and he would have ended up in a debtors prison
for a very long time. Given that was the reality of the situation
what would you have done? Nicholas Carter was the only founder who
owned vast numbers of slaves who ended up freeing all of them before
his death but it was not easy for him to do so and it took him years
to do it legally and without destroying himself financially.
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wrote:
> plus I don't like the fact that both of them were
> slaveowners. I doubt if I would have wanted any slave
> owner.
> I don't know much about him but what about Smauel ADams? Or
> what about Ethan Allen? or Paul Revere?
