Monday, February 22, 2010

Primary Source Set: Slavery

Did some types of sources seem less believable than other kinds of sources? Why do you think this is true?

12 comments:

  1. Yes many sources are , one source such as pictures are just a shot in time everything around that shot or frame is imaginary no one knows what continues around it. Just as pictures words written down on paper are altered by the writer himself or the editor to be published there are many things that must be found out and made sure they are up to standards of the publisher. Even as unpublished articles , diaries blogs , or even letters are only from one view and are not grasping the whole idea but only little morsels of the truth.

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  2. Photographs are more believable than text documents, although I don’t know how many cameras were around during slavery to capture all that was going on. Oral histories are believable enough, but you have to wonder if they’re 100% accurate, since many of the former slaves were quite old when they were asked to tell their story.

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  3. Some did and some not, because I mostly believe that the sources were believable because there’s a lot of information and all the photos they have shown in every historical features about slavery

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  5. I think so because everyone has different opinions on slavery. Not all slaves were treated the same and not all the slaves were interviewed by one person. There were many reporters that interviewed many different slaves, gathering different information about slavery and different information about their background and life.

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  6. photographs show you more about there every day life. documents the words can be twisted around and facts may be confused wit other words.

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  7. Some of the sources were less believable because it didn’t have lots of clues to prove what was happening. For example the photograph on The Whole Black Family was a hard source to figure out it didn’t really show much but a family standing in posing. It wasn’t very describable.

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  8. I believe most source is believable if they were giving enough detail and very specific. As for picture photos, I will have doubt in them because all you see is the photo. Any written information is just what the writer want you to believe.

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  9. I think text documents are more believable than Photographs. because photographs is not that detail than documents, documents can make a story,and you can learn more imformation in it. But photographs just show us the place and people.

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  10. some sources were more believeable because some explain about how they were living and how they were treated. some were also explaining about the time things occured. But in my opinion I think photos are more believeable because it really shows pictures of back then even though they weren't clear to see.

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  11. Yes, I believe many of the sources were believable because of the details put ito them and they had a lot of the same information i've read in other documents about slavery. The photographs im not so sure about because it didn't tell me much. They say a pictures worth a thousand words but in this case, no. They looked posed most of the time like they were trying to hide something.

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  12. I Believe Mostly All The Sources Were Believable. The Way Most Of The Slaves Were Treated. W/out Respect. &How The Rich Healthy People Were Selfish. The Photos Were Believable As Well Because It Gave Me a Bigger Idea Of The Seen.

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