Jefferson’s language did not confront the issue of chattel slaver. If one looks at his words, is easy to see that the reference to all being created equal was in reference to white men being created equal. The fact that the Constitution is relatively silent on the issue of slavery is because no compromise could be reached between those colonies were slaver was legal and those colonies were it was outlawed. The decision, in itself sort of a compromise, was to punt the issue, not address it. 70 years later, the blood of over 600 thousand men would spill over the American landscape to settle the issue. I somehow do not see that as a “best to connect, than address the issue later” as a noble act on the part of the Founders of our Republic.
Okay, then you’d rather we be under British rule then.
If we didn’t unify, we would have had a very hard time defeating the British. We barely achieved that as it was.
I’m not knowledgeable enough to comment on your assertion chattel or no.