How do authors use historical evidence to support their claim

The authors of this passage use historical evidence to support the claim that enslaved black people were inspired to express to the world who they were and how they felt through creating their own music, which was a mean of communicating their ardous, yet nighmarish labors throughout their lives under white men's ownership, so the statement that best states the claim in this passage is the last option "They argue that extremely difficult conditions inspired enslaved young men to invent new forms of music."

for this, you need to remember something significant in your own life, for example, if you were bullied when you were younger, you can mention your memories on this and touch on how such treatment can harm other kids your age either physically or mentally. (racism, car crashes, a parent in the hospital are all very good subjects, think hard on it! )

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themselves

an intensive pronoun is a pronoun that ends in self or selves, such as himself, herself, themselves, yourself, ourselves. since band members is a third person plural, the correct intensive pronoun would be themselves. if the band was talked about as a collective noun, itself would be the appropriate intensive pronoun. intensive pronouns are used to add emphasis to the noun it's modifying which is why it directly follows it.