December 2013 (UTC) 
 :::Okay, Cogliano uses the words "(relatively) benign treatment" which means comparatively humane treatment. And most would agree with Harris, seeing uniting families as humane for the individual under the slavery regime versus general practice at the time separating families. We are agreed at the 'relative' evaluation of Jefferson's treatment of slaves.  
 :::Does the article not reflect that? The encyclopedic style does not generally admit to a long list of scholarly attribution for each point, but simply summarizes the point with authority, in WPs case, by use of inline footnotes. The number of footnotes is generally limited to two to avoid visual clutter, so footnotes sometimes contain more than one reference to the same conclusion, such as 'relatively humane treatment', just like in the old days where authors would give a sort of bibliographic essay at the bottom of a page using multiple sources. In the WP case the information is available immediately at the place at the click of a note number.   10:25, 8