Oh give me a break. Everyone knew the question of slavery impinged on any moral claim to liberty. Even Jefferson. Look at his words that were expunged from the Declaration’s final product.
They compromised away the unalienable rights of their fellow man. They knew it. They did it anyway out of political expedience, because of the strident demands of the slave masters of the South.
And the grandchildren of both sides paid the price for it in blood.
Without who's support they could have never made it work anyways. So they made a devil's bargain, and then cheated.
That sound about right?
And the grandchildren of both sides paid the price for it in blood.
Not for slavery. For daring to think they could be free and independent while a Fanatic who thought otherwise was intent on sending the biggest army on the continent to stop them from leaving.
Once again, he wasn't going to stop them from slaving, just from leaving. After they put up such a vicious fight, he decided to go further, but it certainly wasn't his intention when he started the fight.