"You are also equating an opposition to further importation of slaves as the same as opposition to slavery in general."
I can't help what early abolitionists wrote. But it is clear that the problem is with me because I don't disregard original sources.
"It is ridiculous to think that representatives of the 11 other slave states would be fine with verbiage portraying themselves as bad people.
It's ridiculous to think that there were 11 of them who would've taken issue with it in any way. There were easily 4 of them that were attempting to get rid of slaving only to be met with a big fat no from the crown, especially when that clause made it clear that the King was the villain. Who knows how many saw the crown vetoing and realized they had no point to go down that road if the law would be denied or unenforced anyway.
This is what I mean about you failing to commit things to memory, unless it's CW trivia. That's alright. Just don't try to convince me you have all this massive love and respect for the Founding of the country when you're treating it like a salad bar.
You have too big of an investment in the Critical Race Theory version of history.
No one said you need to disregard Jefferson, but you can think for yourself. It does not stand to reason that only 2 out of 13 slave states would object to language that portrays them as bad.
If Georgia and South Carolina hadn't spoken up, others would have done.
You are pinning too much significance on what Jefferson said.