What enslaved African Americans believed rabbits were like

When slaves arrived in the New World from Africa in the 1700s and 1800s, they brought with them a vast oral tradition. The details and characters of the stories evolved over time in the Americas, though many of the motifs endured. The African hare, for example, continued to play the trickster but became Brer Rabbit (or Bruh Rabbit). The African jackal became the American fox. And the African tortoise became a turtle or terrapin. Even with modifications, however, those tales carried from Africa retained a distinctive flavour.

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the irony is that the name has ''fortunate'' in it, but the kid named fortunato is not fortunate to be named that.

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d. cassius cannot believe that a weakling like caesar has become so great.