Past Is Prologue

In Celebration of Black Freedom, a Cowboy Story

Born a slave, Black cowboy Nat Love died a legend of the Old West

Zaron Burnett III
Human Parts
Published in
24 min readJun 19, 2018

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Nat Love, aka Deadwood Dick. Photo: Bettmann/Getty Images

During Black History Month, I noticed a tweet go viral that pointed out how one in four cowboys were Black. No offense, y’all, but I thought this was common knowledge. Guess not.

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Zaron Burnett III
Human Parts

writer, story editor, essays & short stories at Medium, and always in the mood for donuts