when I was a kid we had a book about the real cowboys and a chapter was dedicated to black cowboys so I was familiar with them. I just had never actually seen A lot of them in real life. The ones I was familiar with were the white and Hispanic ones.
Loved reading about cowboys, real or fictional.
It was a hard life but it did afford a measure of freedom and redemption. Lots were what we would call “social outcasts”
The cattlemen were an colorful lot, too. Surprised a few were of the old world money, lower or minor aristocracy, IIRC.
But then, you already knew that.(smiles)