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Two Black cowboys, USA, ~1913 (lemmy.world)
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[–] Nacktmull@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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 ...

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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

[–] Bassman1805@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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.