Thomas Jefferson tried to end slavery in 1769.He was barely in the Virginia colonial legislature before he put forward legislation to emancipate slaves under the British Crown.The King vetoed it.So when Jefferson sat down seven years later and wrote that the King had "suppressed every legislative attempt to prohibit or restrain" the slave trade — that wasn't just a political grievance.That was personal.And we almost missed it entirely. This document was sitting in our collection, nearly went on