Black cowboys were common in the Old West.

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Guno צְבִי

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The iconic image of the American cowboy is one of John Wayne riding out into the sunset.

Cowboys as portrayed in Hollywood were almost always gun-slinging heroes, and they almost always had another thing in common: They were white.

This is not how the West really was.

Really, the Western frontier in the late 1800s was as diverse as America is today, and maybe even more so.

Some people are familiar with vaqueros, or Mexican cowboys. But fewer know that many cowboys were black.

By the Smithsonian's count, 1 in 4 cowboys was black.

The forgotten history of the black cowboy is slowly being revealed through the work of historians, scholars and nonprofits. But some experts say black cowboy history still is not portrayed accurately, and still not being taught enough.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/new...lack-cowboys-were-common-old-west/3180296002/
 
Legion said:
Who didn't already know that? :dunno:
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guno. LOL!

There were many south of St. Mary's river, too.
If they made it that far, they were considered free men. Ranchers would hire and protect them from slavers, townfolk were hostile to slavers as well.
 
guno said:
The iconic image of the American cowboy is one of John Wayne riding out into the sunset.

Cowboys as portrayed in Hollywood were almost always gun-slinging heroes, and they almost always had another thing in common: They were white.

This is not how the West really was.

Really, the Western frontier in the late 1800s was as diverse as America is today, and maybe even more so.

Some people are familiar with vaqueros, or Mexican cowboys. But fewer know that many cowboys were black.

By the Smithsonian's count, 1 in 4 cowboys was black.

The forgotten history of the black cowboy is slowly being revealed through the work of historians, scholars and nonprofits. But some experts say black cowboy history still is not portrayed accurately, and still not being taught enough.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/new...lack-cowboys-were-common-old-west/3180296002/
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yes and Hollywood is controlled mainly by liberals and Jews , your people .

You should read up about Bass Reeves perhaps the greats law man of the old west.
by the way I have knew about back cowboys and lawmen for decades seems your just learning
 
I think that we should confer with Miss Kitty on this subject.
What was the general ethnic makeup of your "clients," hon?
 
Bulletbob said:
yes and Hollywood is controlled mainly by liberals and Jews , your people .

You should read up about Bass Reeves perhaps the greats law man of the old west.
by the way I have knew about back cowboys and lawmen for decades seems your just learning
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Why doesn't Hollywood have more blacks in Westerns?
 
Primavera said:
Why doesn't Hollywood have more blacks in Westerns?
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Why doesn't the GOP have more black senators than one?


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McCarthyism still seems to be extremely strict over there. I've known about the 'black' cowboys for years. It wasn't a big secret elsewhere.
 
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