Black History in the American Old West
Howdy, followers. Today, I’m going to show you these old pictures of African Americans in the American Old West, also featuring photos of famous and legendary Black figures that I considered them as legends of the American western history.
I’m going to be honest with you all as I’m going to give prosperous facts; African American were and still are cowboys and cowgirls. We already had these skills of saddling, cattle ranching, farming, agriculture, and riding horses, back in the ancient times in Northern/Western Africa before Christ, Islam, and colonization. It was an golden age back than.
Bill Pickett (1871-1932), rodeo performer.
Nat Love, aka Deadwood Dick (1854-1921), cowboy and saddler.
Jesse Stahl (1879-1935), cowboy and rodeo star.
John Ware (1845?-1905), rancher, saddler, and cowboy.
James Pierson Beckwourth (1805-1866), mountain man, fur trader, scout, and explorer.
Isom Dart (Ned Huddleston) (1849-1900), cowboy, criminal, and outlaw.
Bass Reeves (1838-1910), lawman and deputy U.S. marshal
George Fletcher (1890-1973), rodeo star and cowboy.
George Glenn (1850–1931), cowboy.
Dangerfield Newby (1815-1859), freedom fighter and rebellion.
Mary Fields (1832-1914), mail courier.
Harriet Tubman (1820-1913), freedom fighter, slave rebellion, scout, spy, nurse, and guerrilla soldier.
John Horse (1812–1882), slave rebellion and freedom fighter.
Now, here are old pictures of black people in the old American west.
This is John Ware and his wife and kids.
Bill Pickett’s family members.
This is Harriet Tubman in her previous age.
Sojourner Truth (1797-1883), abolitionist and human right activist.
