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Banneker is suggesting that by not ending slavery Jefferson has betrayed his own beliefs.
From the passage, Banneker said "How pitiable is it to reflect that at the same time you believed it proper for a numerous" This suggests that Jefferson was fighting against the slave trade he was also guilty of being a ringleader in the slave trade that's why he said; 'You were guilty
of the very crime you claimed to detest in others'