USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Thomas Jefferson called slavery a “moral depravity” and a “hideous blot, ” but continued to hold human beings as property his entire adult life.

Detailed explanation-2: -We do know that Jefferson bargained intensely with Hemings to return to America, promising her a good life at Monticello and freedom for her children when they became adults.

Detailed explanation-3: -Of the U.S.’ first twelve presidents, the only two never to own slaves were John Adams, and his son John Quincy Adams; the first of which famously said that the American Revolution would not be complete until all slaves were freed.

Detailed explanation-4: -Thomas Jefferson, a spokesman for democracy, was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and the third President of the United States (1801–1809).