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Sounds nice but was you actually there?

The New York transcript gave a coverage of the “anti-aborlition riot on July 14,1834″(pg10). I sight this as a secondary source becasue even through it was written about an event that took place I am not to sure if the writer … Continue reading

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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

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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

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Get your FACTS straight

Reading the introduction of Tyler Anbinder’s Five Points you get a good sense of what life was like in the infamous Five Points of New York. Even though this area housed and produced many horrible things it was a key … Continue reading

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Three Points

First Point: The introduction begins with Frank Leslie’s quote. This quote is derived from his newspaper. The newspaper itself is a primary source because it is done by the author’s point of view of the events taken place during that … Continue reading

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