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I’ve read that during Texas Jack’s lifetime African Americans may have represented ~25% of cowboys in the West, and that the term “cow boy” was originally used to refer to black cow hands pejoratively.

Does your book touch on any interactions Texas Jack may have had with black cowboys?

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Ah. Very insightful! Thanks for the response. 🙂