Yes after 1806 VA law said if you freed a slave they had to leave the state after one year so I guess Jefferson felt it would be problematic. And many of his slaves were mortgaged and could not be freed.
From what I have read Jefferson’s attitude toward slaves was little different from Abraham Lincoln’s. They neither one believed slaves were equal intellectually to whites.
IMO Thomas Jefferson was a product of his time and environment and cannot be judged by today’s standards.
“... by today’s standards...”
Today there is no slavery in America.
Today slavery is mostly a problem with Islamic doctrine.
Before the lib and BLM writers denounce America they should watch this, about the white prophet who owned black slaves:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FBsmxOfnLE
[ IMO Thomas Jefferson was a product of his time and environment and cannot be judged by today’s standards. ]
Isn’t it funny how liberal will use “geographical cultural relativity” as an excuse for current cultures, but when it comes to our own, “They were a product of their environment” is not seen as a valid excuse at all...