TIL that 25% of American cowboys were Black. I also learned that (its rumored) the term "Cowboy" originated from calling Black cow-hands, cow-boys as a derogatory term.

TIL that 25% of American cowboys were Black. I also learned that (its rumored) the term "Cowboy" originated from calling Black cow-hands, cow-boys as a derogatory term. https://www.rancholoscerritos.org/black-on-the-range-african-american-cowboys-of-the-19th-century/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThey%20numbered%20thousands%2C%20among%20them,%2C%20ropers%2C%20and%20wranglers.%E2%80%9D&text=Did%20you%20know%20that%201,American%20West%20were%20African%20American. Great_cReddit February 24, 2022 at 12:32AM