[Moonman62]

Wrong. There is extensive research on Jefferson, who PUBLICALLY always touted "freedom" for slaves, but never freed a single slave in his custody until after his death. He always found excuses, and they always related to $.

Jefferson said he'd have freed his slaves if it were legal to do so. He treated them more as employees than slaves. As to why he didn't free them, I don't think you know.

[LS]

I absolutely know why Jefferson didn't free his slaves: he needed the MONEY for MONTICELLO, which, as all his records show, was constantly in debt.

I hardly think holding people against their will is "treating them like employees." Don't think there were too many slaves who thought that way, either. That is why they left southern plantations by the hundreds to get to Union-controlled territory and enlist in the Union Army. Some "employees."