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Historical NarrativesHistorical Narratives
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Historical NarrativesHistorical Narratives
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Give accounts of real-life historical experiences given by someone who experienced the events
or by someone who has studied or observed them.
Are key historical documents which exist as our only record of events.
Primary SourcesPrimary Sources
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Present first hand knowledge (The author was there)
Examples:•letters
•diaries
•journals
•autobiographies
Secondary SourcesSecondary Sources
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Present indirect, second-hand knowledge (The author was not present)
Examples:
• histories
• biographies
Slave narratives:Slave narratives:
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An American literary genre that portrays
the daily life of slaves as written by the
slaves themselves after having gained
their freedom.
Approximately 6000 exist
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