firsthand account

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A firsthand account by an escaped slave who became a famous abolitionist and orator, this memoir reframed slavery as coerced labor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

By the time that Seabrook published his "firsthand account of voodoo in Haiti," the othering of Haiti, and its Afrocentric vodou religion in particular, had been long underway.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2023

Cohen’s testimony could illuminate that sequence of events, providing prosecutors the firsthand account they would need to make a case against Trump.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2023

The television personality shared the firsthand account of the severe flooding hitting Santa Barbara in a Twitter video.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2023

Elliot, meanwhile, flipped through page after page of the firsthand account, ignoring me completely.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin