
Black Cowboys of the Old West
True, Sensational, and Little-Known Stories from History
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Allyson Johnson
The word cowboy conjures up vivid images of rugged men on saddled horses - men lassoing cattle, riding bulls, or brandishing guns in a shoot-out. White men, as Hollywood remembers them. What is woefully missing from these scenes is their counterparts: the Black cowboys who made up one-fourth of the wranglers and rodeo riders. This book tells their story.
When the Civil War ended, Black men left the Old South in large numbers to seek a living in the Old West - industrious men resolved to carve out a life for themselves on the wild, roaming plains. Some had experience working cattle from their time as slaves; others simply sought a freedom they had never known before. The lucky travelled on horseback; the rest, by foot. Over dirt roads they went from Alabama and South Carolina to present-day Texas and California up north through Kansas to Montana. The Old West was a land of opportunity for these adventurous wranglers and future rodeo champions.
A long-overdue testament to the courage and skill of Black cowboys, Black Cowboys of the Old West finally gives these courageous men their rightful place in history.
©2011 Tricia Martineau Wagner (P)2021 TantorListeners also enjoyed...




















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Thanks to the author for bringing light to these forgotten cowboys.
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Hidden history!
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I wanted to know more about the color of American history in the old west. I knew there was more to the presence of Black people than the history of slavery. I found what I was looking for in this book.
This book will expand your mind.
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