Addison jones black cowboy rodeo
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Five famous black cowboys you need to know
Dollita Okine, Face2FaceAfrica.com
Although the thought of black cowboys roping, branding cattle, and saddling up horses for rides on a ranch may seem implausible today, this lifestyle was quite common in the 1800s.
Texas was not always what it is now, although it had always been a cattle country since its colonization by Spain, according to Smithsonian Magazine. During the first half of the 19th Century, white Americans who sought cheap lands, or who tried to escape debts in the United States began migrating to the Spanish (later Mexican) territory of Texas.
They brought along their slaves even though the Mexican government was against slavery. By 1825, nearly 25% of the Texas settler population were slaves. The number rose to over 30% after fifteen years. Texas then joined the Confederacy in 1861 as a significantly new slave state.
The Civil War pulled the white owners to war, causing them to leave behind their land and cattle in t
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SOME MORE BLACK COWBOY’S
Hollywood and popular fiction has in the most part ignored the roll of blacks in the settelment of the west. The entertainment media has for years been geared to the white pocketbook, so most of the attention has been centered on the roles of the white individuals. Fact be known, depending on who you are reading, one in every three cowboys were black, some say three out of five, but that is so near the same there is no need to fight over the numbers. In the days of the trail drives, the cowboy was an underpaid, over worked young man. By the time of the big herds so many slaves had been freed and were seeking employment that this cheap labor pool was readily available.
While we are in this area let me again explain that the term “Cowboy” was one the trail hands felt to be an insult. The people who worked at the loading pens at the end of the drives were not the men who drove the cattle up from Texas or wherever. The work at the pens
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Addison JonesRodeo Photography, Black & White Photography, Horse Photography-Gallant Gallup2022
2022
Rodeo Photography, Black & White Photography, Horse Photography-Gallant Gallup “I heard about the rodeo in my friend's small Colorado county, I knew I had to go and see it for myself. inom wanted to see what the local western culture was all about. As I arrived at the dusty rodeo grounds, inom was träffad by the sheer energy and excitement of the event. The air was thick with the smell of hay and horses, and the sound of cheering crowds filled my ears. But what really caught my attention were the people - the cowboys and cowgirls who had komma from all over the world to compete in this event and how much of adrenaline junkies they have to be. I mean it’s life or death in there. As inom wandered through the crowds, camera in hand, inom was träffad by the sense of community and camaraderie that seemed to pervade the rodeo. People from all walks of life had come tillsammans to celebrate their s