In the case of Jefferson, the big word is about Sally Hemmings. No, he did not release her because if he did, she would have had to leave the state of Virginia by law and he couldn’t have helped her. So the world still considered her a slave even though she was not treated like one and was protected by Jefferson.
rwood
real life becomes complicated when Big Ideas brush up against it
The only solution the French ever had was the guillotine
That’s what makes us different