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=C. Evaluation of Sources (250-400 words) Tips] 2 different sources=   Source 1. Harry Adès, (2003). // The Little Book of the Civil War //  The purpose of the book is to inform a general audience about the war. The source gives a review of major events leading up to the Civil War, including but not limited to the Abolition Movement, the Mexican-American War, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. The origin of this source was a Cambridge educated historian who has written books on a wide variety of subjects: // Malcolm X (They died too young), A Travelers History of Egypt, // // History of Ireland, // and // The Little Book of the Civil War //.  However, this source has its limitations. Because it is a pocket book (it is just 254 pages long), and is written for a general audience, this source does not go into deep depths of explanation or analysis, so as not to lose the readers attention ( For example, Ades does not explore social/ cultural differences between the Northern states and the Southern states, nor does he explain how slavery affected the country politically.) While this allows the reader to not become uninterested, it means that those who are embarking upon a serious exploration into the causes of the Civil War will find this text lacking in detail or analysis.   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> Source 2. // Slavery and the Rebellion-Prospects of the South in General, // a New York Times article written on October 17, 1865.

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Its origin is a correspondent for the New York Times, which is a very credible newspaper. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">It was written a few months after the war was over, thus allowing the correspondent time to look over the events which had transpired, and allowing him time to reach his conclusion. Also, this is a good source because the author was alive at the time when the war happened. The purpose of the article is to explain how slavery affected the war.

However, this source has some limitations. The correspondent, working for a Northern newspaper, could have been biased, and indeed we can see a bit of bias in his article when he writes about "negro labor": "If they [white plantation owners] can not conquer their prejudice against free negro labor, Northern men with capital, who have no such prejudices, will take their place, and the cotton will be produced." The correspondent seems to believe that there is no racism in the North, which is wrong. Racism is everywhere and exists even today. Also, the article does not go into depth to explain // how // slavery is the main cause of the war. 383 words