[ProgressingAmerica]

No, nor was I. But Jefferson's legislative career is strikingly if not exclusively one-sided.

"just that he had serious qualms about slavery."

I do not believe this sentiment goes far enough. Having spent decades in the public light and not once found promoting slavery legislatively is a little more than "serious qualms".

George Washington had serious qualms about it. He did far less than Jefferson did.

[x]

I was talking about Washington, not Jefferson.