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

But Pence can offer a firsthand account of at least some one-on-one conversations with Trump.

From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 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