Research Guides: HIST 211: The Early Modern Atlantic World (Fall 2022): What Are Primary Sources?

What is a primary source?

A Primary Source is a historical document or artifact or person from the time period under study. This may include:

A short account of the African slave-trade By Robert Norris. Norris, Robert, -1791.
This book, published in 1789, is about the history of the Atlantic Slave trade beginning ~150 years earlier.

Depending on the question, it can be a primary OR secondary source.