Question

What evidence is there that about one-third of cowboys were non-white?

Answer 1

Answer:

Approximately one-third of cowboys in the American  

West were nonwhite, the largest group being  Mexican vaqueros

African Americans comprised the second-largest

group of nonwhite cowboy

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Answer 2

Answer:

From the 1860s to the 1880s, Black cowboys in West America accounted for up to 25 percent of cattle workers because they were capable of handling cattle. Many black men had skills in cattle handling and they were typically former slaves or born into the families of former slaves. Nat Love (1854-1921) was an African-American cowboy, and a former slave, for example. His life has been an inspiration for many artistic forms, like literature: Joe R. Lansdale used Love in the novellas Nine Hide and Horns. In 2012 comics were published about his life. In films, his life is presented in "The Cherokee Kid" (1996) and in "They Die by Dawn

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