Mountain men, trappers, and guides -- Jim Beckwourth -- Leaving the South -- Black homesteaders -- The Exodusters -- A Cowboy's life -- The Adventures of Nat Love -- Bill Pickett and the Black Rodeo -- Ned Huddleston, alias Isom Dart, alias the Black Fox -- The Dime novel -- Barney Ford, businessman -- The Buffalo soldiers -- Mary Fields, "Stagecoach Mary" -- Mary Ellen Pleasant -- Biddy Mason -- Black Indians
Summary:
Focuses on the experiences of blacks as mountain men, soldiers, homesteaders, and scouts on the frontiers of the American West.