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If we are using his original words, from documents that he personally wrote, those are primary sources. If we are using other people's interpretations (whether scholars or researchers or historians), those are secondary sources.

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An autobiography is considered a primary source because it is written by the individual who experienced the events and provides firsthand accounts and reflections.

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is a auto biography a primary source or secondary source

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A primary source is like a diary of somebody that has experienced something or the person them self (autobiography) A secondary source is when somebody has heard the story and retells it or writes about it. (biography) A primary source is the most reliable because information can be lost or changed by a secondary source so historians favor primary sources.


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