USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In general, most African-American Folktales fall into one of seven categories: tales of origin, tales of trickery and trouble, tales of triumph over natural or supernatural evils, comic heartwarming tales, tales teaching life lessons, tales of ghosts and spirits, and tales of slaves and their slave-owners.

Detailed explanation-2: -African American folktales evolved from the need for African slaves to hold onto their culture in an environment where they weren’t allowed to express themselves or keep their old traditions.

Detailed explanation-3: -Adapting the oral storytelling traditions of their ancestors helped slaves stolen from West Africa cope with and record their experiences in America. And later it helped other generations, particularly in the 19th century, to learn what happened to the ancestors who had been enslaved.