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minus-squareNakedmole@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoDo we know today how high the percentage of black cowboys was? I could imagine classic western movies have lied to us in that department too …
minus-squaretacosanonymous@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 months ago“A significant number of cowboys were black, with some estimates giving figures as high as 25% nationwide for those on trail drives.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy#History
minus-squareBassman1805@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months agoNo idea on numbers, but considering IRL cowboys were poor folks doing hard work nobody else wanted to do…probably quite a few black men 0-3 generations removed from slavery.
minus-squareLowtierComputer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agohttps://lemm.ee/comment/13278372
Do we know today how high the percentage of black cowboys was? I could imagine classic western movies have lied to us in that department too …
“A significant number of cowboys were black, with some estimates giving figures as high as 25% nationwide for those on trail drives.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy#History
No idea on numbers, but considering IRL cowboys were poor folks doing hard work nobody else wanted to do…probably quite a few black men 0-3 generations removed from slavery.
https://lemm.ee/comment/13278372