If you go back and dig in, you will find plenty of discussions around slavery and how right from the time of declaration of independance, freeing slaves was a priority but they wanted to do it in a way that would not be destructive to everyone. I know John Adams had discussions around this multiple times, but he was not the only one.
This was at a time when Slavery was completely normal around the world and had been for millenia, and Americans were at the vanguard in dismantling it.
If you go back and dig in, you will find plenty of discussions around slavery and how right from the time of declaration of independance, freeing slaves was a priority but they wanted to do it in a way that would not be destructive to everyone. I know John Adams had discussions around this multiple times, but he was not the only one.
This was at a time when Slavery was completely normal around the world and had been for millenia, and Americans were at the vanguard in dismantling it.