“Thomas Jefferson- repeatedly blasted about slaves he was not allowed to free (by Virginia State Law) until he was finally able to do so.”
He was never able to do so. Over his lifetime Jefferson owned over 600 slaves. Jefferson freed exactly 10 of them. Five were given their freedom while he lived. The remaining five were freed per his will. The remainder of the slaves on the Jefferson properties were sold after his death to pay off the estate debts.
Yes, he paid a fortune for books while in Europe and before- and he never forgave his mother for not rescuing the library contents from the family home Shadwell burned to the ground. She took out the furniture. The books were worth a fortune, law books etc. Because of his high debt it is ironic that slaves had to be sold to pay off the estate. Such was the legality at that time. The removal of the original passage of the Decl. of Independence is a very telling pre-Revolution and Constitution event. Jefferson knew then that intergenerationally this would result in the end of the Republic within perhaps 50 years.