As a young man Jefferson called slavery abhorrent, however he owned MANY slaves, buried them in unmarked graves and probably fathered several children with one of his slaves.
So how can you call the practice of slavery abhorrent, but then go on and do what I describe above.
That would be the equivalent of someone spending their whole life championing the environment and speaking out against global warming, but then flying in a private jet, living in a huge energy hungry mansion, and driving in giant gas guzzling SUVs. Al Gore anyone.
By the way, my prev response was not about TJ or slavery per se. I was merely pointing out that it was not logical in comparing the particular statement that was used to ownership of slaves. If TJ was a "hypocrite", (as Washington, Madison, and a host of others must too have been), the quote used would not reasonably support this.