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Old West
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We put him to the test that afternoon after the Kid woke up. I piled every weapon we had into the wagon and trucked the arsenal halfway across the San Simon Valley. One by one I fired off a round from each of the borrowed weapons and wrote down the order in which I had sent the reports. When I returned at midafternoon, we compared my notes to the Kid’s. Jack had not once failed to identify gun make and model, caliber, and brand of ammunition. He was even able to tell whether I had fired off a re
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― The Westering Trail Travesties, Five Little Known Tales of the Old West That Probably Ought to A' Stayed That Way
― The Westering Trail Travesties, Five Little Known Tales of the Old West That Probably Ought to A' Stayed That Way
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Pioneer men and women of color faced legal color bars everywhere. Territorial and state legislatures passed "Black Laws" that denied them the right to vote, serve in the militia or on juries, hold public office, or testify in court. Some states made it a criminal offense for anyone to bring in or employ a black woman or man from another state.
To combat Black Laws, discriminatory customs, and white violence, people of color organized protest conventions and sent delegates to national black con
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― Black Women of the Old West
― Black Women of the Old West
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