Category Archives: February 28 Assignment
O RLY? Where did you get that from?!
Tyler Anbinder’s “Five Points” describes the notorious 19th century slum city, of where we live today. The book gives you a understatement perspective of life in the “Five Points.” It illustrates the impact of immigrants in the neighborhood, and how … Continue reading
Sources are Awesome
Evening Post: It was a newspaper of that time, which would be considered a primary source. The source would be quite trustworthy regarding actual events that took place. With regards to writings which are a little more opinionated, the print … Continue reading
Five Points
Coverage of the anti-abolition riot from the New York Transcript, July 14, 1834. Collection of the New-York Historical Society. This is a primary source, it was written by some one who was actually there. The Five Points was extremely overpopulated … Continue reading
The BreathTaking Sources!
Five Points written by Tyler Anbinder illustrated the 19th century view of new york. It really presented us with a lot of details and facts on the city as a whole and how people were living. It handed us both … Continue reading
Three Primary Sources
First source: Abinder cites Sun as the first newspaper to report of the conditions in Five Points. This is a primary source because it is an eyewitness account of the area and it’s inhabitants. Second source: Abinder cites Realities of … Continue reading
Credible is the Key
1) Evening Post, March 19 , 1829- This is an example of a primary source. Anbinder uses this source for its factual relevance and accuracy to the account he is writing about. An important attribute of a primary source is how … Continue reading
Where did you get that from?
1. The eleventh annual report of the New York Association for improving the condition of the poor- This would be a primary source because this annual report is from the actual time period, not written from the years after it … Continue reading
Behind the [Scenes]
A quotation taken from “Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, August 16, 1873”, which was used to ingeniously start the introduction of Tyler Abinder’s work entitled “Five Points”. The newspaper is a primary source as it holds the direct line(s) said by … Continue reading
Points from Five Points
One source used in Andbinder’s Five Points is: Trench, Realties of Irish Life, 122-124; it is a set of memoirs written by William Steuart Trench, depicting the sufferings of the Lansdowne’s tenants starting from the start of the famine. He … Continue reading
5 Points
1. The Evening Post This is a primary source. The Evening Post provides exact dates and a lot of information, so it seems reliable. 2. Gilje’s The Road to Mobocracy: Popular Disorder in New York City, 1763-1834 Gilje’s writing is … Continue reading