![]() ![]() Subject headings African Americans- Folklore. With the added attraction of 40 wonderfully expressive paintings by the Dillons, this collection should be snapped up. The well-known author retells 24 black American folk tales in sure storytelling voice: animal tales, supernatural tales, fanciful and cautionary tales, and slave tales of freedom. Retold Afro-American folktales of animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and desire for freedom, born of the sorrow of the slaves, but passed on in hope. John and the devil's daughterĬarrying the running-aways and other slave tales of freedom. John and the devil's daughter and other tales of the supernatural. The beautiful girl of the moon tower and other tales of the real, extravagant, and fanciful. He Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit and other animal tales. New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, c1985. The People Could Fly is one of the most extraordinary, moving tales in black folklore It is a detailed fantasy of suffering, of magic power exerted. ![]() The people could fly : American Black folktales / told by Virginia Hamilton illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. What does the plantation probably represent to the African Americans you told this folktale answer choices. Request This Author Hamilton, Virginia, 1934-2002 Title ![]()
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