Title: American Negro folktales,
Authors: Dorson, Richard Mercer, 1916-1981,
Publisher: Fawcett Publications
Year: 1967
Subjects: African Americans Michigan Folklore.; African Americans Arkansas Folklore.; Tales Michigan.; Tales Arkansas.; Folklore; African Americans; United States
Contents: The setting -- Origins of American negro tales -- The communities and the storytellers -- The art of negro storytelling -- The history of James Douglas Suggs -- The tales -- Animal and bird stories -- Old Marster and John -- Colored man and white man -- Hoodoos and two-heads -- Spirits and hants -- Witches and mermaids -- The Lord and the Devil -- Wonders -- Horrors -- Protest tales -- Scare tales -- Fool tales -- Lying tales -- Preachers -- Irishmen.