“I’d never seen such a claim made (for good reason!) and could find very little discussion on it, and what I did find does not seem very informed.”
When stereotype-inconsistent information meets cultural predisposition, the information is often rejected. That’s human nature and appears to be what has happened to you in this case.
And yet again we see jeffersondem substituting socio-psycho babble for historical facts & reason.
The truth of this matter is that jeffersondem concocted an outrageous claim -- Founders Declared Independence to protect slavery -- for which no confirming evidence exists and plenty of opposing facts.
But having stuck his neck out so far, jeffersondem cannot let mere facts & reason intervene.
But I will spare everyone the socio-psycho babble about what may or may not be going on inside jeffersondem's alleged mind.