Based on the details of the folktale, what was very important to the people who told stories of those who could fly to their children?

The stories of people who could fly gave enslaved people a way to imagine escaping bondage and reaching freedom. That hope was especially important to people who had little control over their lives. So the central idea is the people’s desire to escape to freedom, not revenge or simply remembering hard work in the fields.

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