January 26, 1853 · Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia

Papers of John Hartwell Cocke

Two diary entries of John Hartwell Cocke, a close friend of Thomas Jefferson, that mention Jefferson's relationship to Sally Hemings. Cocke often complained about how slave owners had children with their slave women, stating Jefferson as an example. Cocke also discussed how slave owners keeping a slave woman is like "a substitute for a wife."

Creator	John Hartwell Cocke
Source	Special Collections Library
Publisher	Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
Date	1853-01-26

URL	http://small.library.virginia.edu/collections/featured/the-thomas-jefferson-papers/bibliography-of-sources-on-jefferson-and-the-hemings-family/papers-of-john-hartwell-cocke/

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Date Added	June 23, 2016
Date Modifed	October 17, 2017

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