This old letter says it all:

“Peace should be our plan, and the payment of our debts, improvement of our constitutions and extension of agriculture our principal objects,” Jefferson wrote, sharing his thoughts about that year’s landmark federal convention in Philadelphia, later known as the constitutional convention, which debated and signed the US constitution.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/25/white-house-pro-trump-ad-fox

Not that Trump wouldn't own slaves if they'd let him..