“I don’t know how old I am. . . . I began to work when I was about 9. I first worked for a man who used to hit me with a belt. . . . I used to sleep in the pits that had no more coal in them; I used to eat whatever I could get; I ate for a long time the candles that I found in the pits. . . .” — E. Royston Pike, 1896, adapted from Hard Times, Human Documents of the Industrial Revolution from the NYS Global History and Geography Regents Exam, June 2002.

Identify the best use of this document for a historian.

Answer;

Wow  sad..

To explain the hardships  and how slaves lived  and were treated  back in the day .

Explanation;

cuz i think  this would be a good example  of how slaves  were treated horrible and unfair  in my opinion

Identify the best use of this document for a historian.  

answer :To understand the conditions child laborers experienced

your answer would be (a)

answer

wages and job opportunities have grown slowly since the recovery began five years ago, while technology continues to change the nature of work. while many workers enjoy opportunities unimaginable a generation ago, many others feel the economy has left them b

explanation: