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tales who is actively trying to persuade "the judge" to side with their position. However, if the judge, or God, does not like the outcome of the situation they will often invoke a countermeasure to bring order to the situation. In these tales, the God, or gods, are inherently good and do not invoke wrath upon the people, even if the subject veers off the path of righteousness. Additionally, there is often a transaction between God and man in these tales, one in which God is willing to help man, but only if the man is "offering sacrifices and performing rites and ceremonies in a manner acceptable to the god".
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era as the language passed down through generations deviates from the standard for racial narrative. When having to face the reality of slavery, African-American folktales became a means to cope with the reality of the situation, and ultimately record their history of slavery in America. An example of a work that conveys the African-American slave experience in America is The Conjure Woman. This book of tales deals with racial identity and was written by the African-American author, Charles W. Chesnutt, from the perspective of a freed slave.
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but how come the war took place? They think they knows, but they don't. John de Conqueror had done put it into the white folks to give us our freedom." Anne Sutton said the spirit of High John de Conqueror taught Black people about freedom and to prepare for their freedom in an upcoming war. The High John the Conqueror root used by African Americans prevented whippings from slaveholders and provided freedom from chattel slavery. The root given to
2212:, apologists used these stories to push racist ideologies. There are some Academic Journals that appear to push and challenge these rhetorics, these authors displayed bias and utilized stories that displayed negative stereotypes. In 1877, a Journalist named, William Owens stated, African American traits have "a fitness" to the characteristics portrayed in African folklore. Some claim, that the Author, 25: 2246:, who killed a man after gambling and losing his hat. Stagolee’s story was told in many forms, from blues to jazz, and made its way to a style called “Toast”. Toast is “a story told in the first person that was recited in verse”. The rappers would use this trope to embody themselves and it gave them charisma. This translates to the beginning of Hip-Hop and artists like 2185: 1751:
their enemies. These folk stories gave hope to enslaved people that folk spirits would liberate them from slavery. Folktales have been used to perpetuate negative stereotypes about the African American community. From Minstrel shows to academic journals. One of these heroes that they looked up to was the charming
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Folklore's impact also translates to today as some tropes are seen in modern-day Hip-Hop. The trickster trope originated as a way to display enslaved people's wit over slave masters. After emancipation, this trope transformed into Badman, which reflected the new ways of life. The Badman was viewed as
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Tricksters in African-American folktales take a comedic approach and contain an underlying theme of inequality, compared to other folktales that label their tricksters as menaces. The National Humanities Center notes that trickster stories "contain serious commentary on the inequities of existence in
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Chesnutt's language surrounding African-American folklore derived from the standards of the racial narrative of his era. By using vernacular language, Chesnutt was able to deviate from the racial norms and formulate a new, more valorized message of folk heroes. Chesnutt writes "on the other side" of
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Although many slaves during this time could not read or write they could recite folktales as a way to communicate information with each other. Giving each other vital information that would help them survive. In African-American tales, slavery often uses rhetoric that can seem uncommon to the modern
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African folklore is a means to hand down traditions and duties through generations. Stories are often passed down orally at gatherings by groups of children and elders. This type of gathering was known as Tales by Midnight and contained cultural lessons that prepared children for their future. These
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and the Civil War did not bring freedom for Black people. According to one woman, Aunt Shady Anne Sutton interviewed by Hurston, she said: "These young Negroes reads they books and talk about the war freeing the Negroes, by Aye Lord! A heap sees, but a few knows. 'Course, the war was a lot of help,
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in search of his ancestry. By the end of the book Milkman learns he comes from a family of African medicine people and gained his ancestral powers and his soul flew back to Africa after he died. The legend may have been inspired by a historical event in Georgia. In 1803, a slave ship landed on the
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African-American folktales show how the world was formed and the foundations of morality. Supernatural conflicts between God and the Devil are often the main focus of these tales, however, man versus man, and slave versus master are also popular disputes. There is typically a "negotiator" in these
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which originated in Zimbabwe. The Midnight Goat Thief is a tale of misplaced trust. A hare betrays the trust of a loyal baboon, framing him for the death of a goat. After Baboon's friend Jackal hears about what happened to him, he tries to replicate what Hare did to Baboon to get revenge. However,
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African-American folktales are a storytelling tradition based in Africa containing a rich oral tradition that expanded as Africans were brought to the Americas as slaves. In general, most African-American Folktales fall into one of eight categories: tales of origin, tales of trickery and trouble,
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African American Folklore was prominently used for guidance and protection. Some say the folklore acts as a "secret language". Folklore like “Wade in the Water”, “Down by the River”, and “Old Bill Rolling Pin”, were used to help people escaping enslavement alert each other of danger like dogs or
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during the 1700s-1900s. Prevalent themes in African-American folktales include tricksters, life lessons, heartwarming tales, and slavery. African Americans created folktales that spoke about the hardships of slavery and told stories of folk spirits that could outwit their slaveholders and defeat
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animals with the same morals and shortcomings as humans do, which makes the stories relatable. New tales tell of the African experience in the Americas, however, many tales still maintain the traditional style and tell of their African roots. Although many of the original stories evolved since
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with captive Africans from Nigeria with a cargo of Igbo people. The Igbo people chose suicide than a life time of slavery by walking into the swamp and drowning. The most common saying from slaves being, "I would rather live on my feet than die on my knees".This location became known as
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in folk stories are commonly amoral characters, both human and non-human animals, who 'succeed' based on deception and taking advantage of other's weaknesses. They tend to use their wits to resolve conflict and/or achieve their goals. Two examples of African-American tricksters are
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hare outwits Jackal and figures out a way to counter his actions. Then as the sun rises Jackal is caught red-handed with the blood he was trying to frame Hare with! The moral of the story is to be loyal and honest, and not copy the ways of the cunning, as they may outwit you.
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tradition. In African-American folk stories, High John the Conqueror was an African prince who was kidnapped from Africa and enslaved in the United States. He was a trickster, and used his charm to deceive and outsmart his slaveholders. After the
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In African-American folklore, there is a story about a girl named Sukey meeting a mermaid named Mama Jo. Mama Jo in the story helps and protects Sukey and financially supports her by giving her gold coins. This story comes from the belief in
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Black slaves frequently crafted stories featuring animals like rabbits, foxes, bears, wolves, turtles, snakes, and possums, imbuing them with the traits of the individuals they encountered in the unfamiliar setting of the plantation.
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Comic and heartwarming African-American folktales “stimulate the imagination with wonders, and are told to remind us of the perils and the possibilities”. The stories are about heroes, heroines, villains, and fools. One story,
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During the 19th century, African American Folklore was used as a propaganda tool by the white community to push Black Stereotypes. White authors would use folklore to perpetuate ideas such as
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African-American tales of ghosts and spirits were commonly told of a spook or “haint” or “haunt,” referring to repeated visits by ghosts or spirits that keep one awake at night. The story
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Chesnutt's tales represent the struggles freed slaves faced during the post-war era in the South. The author's tales provide a pensive perspective on the challenges of being left behind.
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evils, comic heartwarming tales, tales of God and the devil, tales teaching life lessons, tales of ghosts and spirits, and tales of slaves and their slave-owners. Many revolve around
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was known to utilize ethnic stereotypes in his films. He would notably use the Bebop trope in his animations. The use of Bebop can be seen through one of his most famous characters,
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He is said to push the point that African American Folklore is an "immoral reflection" of African religions and "animal tales are a reflection of African's childlike mannerisms".
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a country where the promises of democracy were denied to a large portion of the citizenry, a pattern that becomes even clearer in the literary adaptations of trickster figures".
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African-American tales center around beginnings and transformations whether focused on a character, event, or creation of the world. Some examples of origin stories include "
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from Looney Tunes. Bug's entire personality closely relates to tropes displayed in the Bebop stories. One of these characteristics can be seen in the animation titled,
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The initial dialogue of this tale discusses how only man has seen his equal, but God has not. It then goes on to describe how the devil is in opposition to God and, in
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published in 1977, tells the story of the character Milkman an African American in search of his African ancestors. Milkman lived in the North but returned to the
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through Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit when tempted by the serpent, and how women now have to have pain in childbirth and men have to work for survival.
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animals made the stories compelling to the young children and included singing and dancing or themes such as greediness, honesty, and loyalty.
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Nyawalo, Mich (October 2013). "From "Badman" to "Gangsta": Double Consciousness and Authenticity, from African-American Folklore to Hip Hop".
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is a personal experience in conjuring magic powers in both the living and the spiritual world common in African-American folklore. The story
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standard racial narratives, effectively refuting them by evoking a different kind of "racial project" in his fictional work.”
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documented some history about High John the Conqueror from her discussions with African Americans in the South in her book,
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In numerous superhero films and cartoons, there are mentions of various African American Folklore Characters. For example,
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Myers, Jeffrey (2003). "Other Nature: Resistance to Ecological Hegemony in Charles W. Chesnutt's "The Conjure Woman"".
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in Georgia. According to African American folklore, the souls of the Igbos that committed suicide flew back to Africa.
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African-American folktales don't always contain an actual 'trickster' but a theme of trickery tactics. For example,
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appearing weird and grammatically unstructured. The spread of these ideologies began during the rise of the
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was a High John root that prevented Douglass from being whipped and beaten by a slave-breaker. Former slave
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Africans were brought to the Americas as slaves, their meaning and life lessons have remained the same.
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and traveled through South Carolina and Georgia and made his final stop in Florida living amongst the
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used the High John root to protect himself by chewing and spitting the root towards his enslaver.
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animals try to imitate the trickster, however, it backfires on them. An example of this is in
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makes references to African American spirituality in her literature, and in her 1977 novel
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of legend escaped enslavement by a magical flight over the ocean back to Africa. Novelist
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The Colored cartoon: Black representation in American animated short films, 1907-1954
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discusses the folk spirit High John the Conqueror whose spirit resides in the "High
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Affrilachian tales : folktales from the African-American Appalachian tradition
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Affrilachian tales : folktales from the African-American Appalachian tradition
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Affrilachian tales : folktales from the African-American Appalachian tradition
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Some African Americans believed High John the Conqueror freed the slaves, and that
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Afro-American folktales : stories from Black traditions in the New World
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African American Folktales Stories from Black Traditions in the New World
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spirits in West-Central Africa that came to the United States during the
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Folklore From Africa to the United States: an Annotated Bibliography
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was an adaptation of the well-known African-American Folktale book
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
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more of an outlaw. In the Badman trope existed a sub-genre called
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against the British. The story is of a young woman who marries a
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The Annotated African American Folktales (The Annotated Books)
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One example used by generations for African children is the
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Black folklore and the politics of racial representation
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but was viewed as a "glorification of slavery" remarked
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Mojo Workin' The Old African American Hoodoo System
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Unarmed African Americans killed by police officers
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Rice 2181: 2178: 2157: 2154: 2120:people in the 2118:Gullah Geechee 2104: 2101: 2069: 2066: 2002: 1999: 1963: 1960: 1947: 1944: 1923: 1920: 1902: 1899: 1889: 1886: 1819: 1816: 1803: 1800: 1785: 1782: 1776: 1773: 1731: 1730: 1728: 1727: 1720: 1713: 1705: 1702: 1701: 1700: 1699: 1694: 1689: 1674: 1673: 1668: 1667: 1665: 1664: 1659: 1654: 1649: 1644: 1638: 1635: 1634: 1624: 1623: 1621: 1620: 1615: 1610: 1605: 1600: 1595: 1593:Black genocide 1589: 1586: 1585: 1579: 1576: 1575: 1572: 1571: 1566: 1565: 1563: 1562: 1557: 1552: 1547: 1542: 1537: 1532: 1527: 1521: 1518: 1517: 1511: 1510: 1508: 1507: 1502: 1500:US communities 1497: 1492: 1487: 1481: 1478: 1477: 1473: 1472: 1470: 1469: 1464: 1459: 1457:South Carolina 1454: 1452:North Carolina 1449: 1444: 1439: 1434: 1429: 1424: 1418: 1415: 1414: 1408: 1407: 1405: 1404: 1399: 1394: 1389: 1384: 1379: 1374: 1369: 1364: 1359: 1354: 1349: 1344: 1339: 1334: 1329: 1324: 1319: 1314: 1308: 1305: 1304: 1300: 1299: 1297: 1296: 1291: 1286: 1281: 1276: 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Index


lead section
summarize
provide an accessible overview
a series
African Americans
History
Timeline
Atlantic slave trade
Abolitionism in the United States
Slavery in the colonial history of the US
Revolutionary War
Antebellum period
Slavery
military history
Reconstruction era
Politicians
Juneteenth
Civil rights movement (1865–1896)
Jim Crow era (1896–1954)
Civil rights movement (1954–1968)
Black power movement
Post–civil rights era
Agriculture history
Black Belt in the American South
Business history
Military history
Treatment of the enslaved
Great Migration
Second Great Migration

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