Interesting. One of my great grandfathers was a black Mississippi cowboy in the early 1900s.
My grandfather told me that he spent a year on the range, herding cattle with his dad when he was thirteen.
I never rode or herded cattle myself, but I do wear the hat (see my profile).
Cool. Maybe ya got some distant relatives in this bunch.
IIRC, lots of black cowboys rode west with the herds, married Indian women, then settled down & raised families.