You will again need to evaluate critically the strengths and weaknesses of your primary source.
Autobiographies pose some special issues for historians.
In talking about issues related to the author's childhood, is the author's understanding of an event limited to that of a child. Or, is the author relating stories about himself or herself that they do not remember but someone else has told them about it. However, the point of this exercise is to learn how to use primary sources. I am, therefore, placing some restrictions on your use of secondary sources. You must draw your paper only from the Classic Slave Narratives book .