People deify them? I believe that’s an exaggeration, but your point is noted; I’ve heard it a lot.
You can find passages in the Bible concerning slavery. I believe Leviticus and Exodus show tolerance to slavery.
The focus I maintain in my life is to the designed form of government and the proper role of its citizens and administrators. Slavery was a necessary element in the foundation of the United States. Without it our union may have split into as many as four nations. There would have been no war between the States and who knows how long slavery would have lasted or if France or Spain would have ruled parts of America?
The additions of the Thirteenth and Nineteenth Amendments completed the design of liberty. The Union stayed intact and we now have the greatest nation in history.
Aside from Slavery, the design of the founders is the best imaginable. The founders do not say to honor them, nor does anybody on these threads “deify” them, but we will build from the good advice dealt to us.
I can imagine a better constitution