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Two Black cowboys, USA, ~1913 (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] Bassman1805@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No idea on numbers, but considering IRL cowboys were poor folks doing hard work nobody else wanted to do...probably quite a few black men 0-3 generations removed from slavery.