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

Graves did not observe the event himself but said a witness came to his organization, Americans for Safe Aerospace, with a firsthand account and evidence including police blotters and other documentation.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 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

But they added that the government badly wanted his firsthand account, under oath, of any declassification decisions made by Trump.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2022

Edward was never surrounded by crowds of curious by-standers eager for his firsthand account.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer