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#stagecoachmary #blackmary #blackcowboys #originalcowboys #natlove #fulaniherdsmen #billpickett #isomdart #mali #songhai #wewuzcowboysbitches Black Cowboys, can't forget them. Can't let them be ignored. Cowboy started out as a derogatory term. But as what usually happens in this country it became glorious once others saw value in being one. That whole cattle raising culture for black people started long ago. The Songhai, Oyo, Hausa, and Dahomey were known for their prowess with the horse. Although there's a lot forever resting that wouldn't care one bit about Dahomey (ruthless with it). Black cowboys were showmen, herdsman, lawmen, and outlaws that terrorized the West just as their white counterparts did. They were as big a part of shaping the Wild West as anyone else. We had Stagecoach Mary/Mary Fields who was a star route mail carrier that carried two guns, didn't mind shoot outs, smoked a cigar and a good drink. Before she became a mail carrier she worked at a convent where she got into a fight with some nuns for not giving her all her money and kicked out because her and the janitor pulled guns on one another. Wild girl. Then there was Isom Dart who was an outlaw from the start. He was born Ned Huddleston. Isom started out rustling cattle and stealing horses. He had several nicknames, Calico Cowboy, Tan Mex, Black Fox, and Quick Shot<---because he was a quick shot...Songhai and Mali, nuff said. Legendary greatness between those two. You see the regal statues. https://www.instagram.com/p/B7Z2jiuB_3A/?igshid=6wb4bklgcrhn