From Trickster to Badman: The Black Folk Hero in Slavery and Freedom by John W. Roberts

From Trickster to Badman: The Black Folk Hero in Slavery and Freedom

John W. Roberts

240 pages 1989

2 editions

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To protect their identity and values, Africans enslaved in America transformed various familiar character types to create folk heroes who offered models of behavior both recognizable to them as African people and adaptable to their situation in Am...

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