I have read that sometimes a slave would ‘go missing’; and after ascertaining that they were doing alright in freedom, Jefferson let them alone and didn’t try to get them back.
-JT
There were pro”s and con’s to the nation for having slaves. Nothing more, nothing less, imo. Way to big of a deal is made of it. If slavery were legalized today, people would be standing in long lines to get theirs.