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Where did Thomas Jefferson really stand on the issue of slavery?

April 26, 2017government ISSUE politics slavery stand thomas jefferson

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Where did Thomas Jefferson really stand on the issue of slavery?

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He was never able to climb out of debt enough during his life to free his slaves. Thomas Jefferson did make sure that the constitution outlawed the importation of Africans after 1808. His prior attempts to abolish slavery were thwarted and in the constitution this was the best he could do. The Constitution, Article 1, Section 9 states: The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight…